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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Anne feel about her roles in life?
(a) She deeply desires to maintain them
(b) They bore her
(c) She resents them
(d) She is indifferent to them

2. How does the author see the architecture of the channeled whelk?
(a) It is dull
(b) As a seamless work of art
(c) It is ugly, but functional
(d) It is haphazard

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

4. What does the author say must be balanced in a woman's life?
(a) Solitude and communion
(b) Music and quiet
(c) Knowledge and ignorance
(d) Work and play

5. What is a channeled whelk?
(a) A type of coral
(b) A type of seaweed
(c) Where boats come to the harbor
(d) A small snail-like creature

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the state of ease allow?

2. What does multiplicity in life lead to, according to the author?

3. Why does the author have to rush in the city?

4. How does the author view being alone for two weeks?

5. How does Anne decorate her beach cottage?

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