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

2. How is the mindset of the second week at the beach different from the city mindset?
(a) It is blank
(b) It is softer and more playful
(c) It is creative
(d) It is elusive

3. To whom will the sea not give its gifts?
(a) to criminals
(b) To the greedy or impatient
(c) To men
(d) To children who can't be still

4. What does the author forget when she's in the city?
(a) Clean water
(b) The rhythm and the pace of the sea
(c) Clean air
(d) The stars

5. What removes the desire to think or read within Anne?
(a) The nice people around her
(b) The exercise from swimming
(c) The sun making her sleepy
(d) The solitude and serenity of the ocean

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the author's ambitions for the days to come?

2. What does the author say is required to obtain simplicity?

3. At the beach, what is the first step to achieving simplicity?

4. For how long will the author be doing the answer in question #1?

5. What pains and amuses the author about married women and the church?

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