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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Channeled Whelk.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author consider one of the most important techniques for living?
(a) Pray
(b) Simplification
(c) Eating well
(d) Breathing

2. For how long will the author be doing the answer in question #1?
(a) A year
(b) Three days
(c) Two months
(d) Two weeks

3. What two actions does the author say are not acceptable paths to simplicity?
(a) Having more than three children
(b) Total renunciation or total acceptance of the world
(c) Being famous
(d) Becoming rich

4. What does a married woman's concerns keep her from doing?
(a) Having a creative, contemplative or saintly life
(b) Being selfish
(c) Going out with lots of men
(d) Being independent

5. What does multiplicity in life lead to, according to the author?
(a) Anger
(b) Being tired all the time
(c) Fragmentation
(d) An interesting life

Short Answer Questions

1. How have the author's "roles" in life effected her life?

2. What casts a powerful spell on Anne?

3. How does Anne feel about her roles in life?

4. What does Anne wishes she could do with the cottage?

5. Who preached against the dangers of multiplicity in the third century?

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