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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Double-Sunrise.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author says if the shells she finds and writes about are lined up across the top of her desk, they can represent what?
(a) The days of her vacation
(b) The different stages of any relationship
(c) Her friends
(d) Her children

2. What is a moon shell?
(a) A snail's shell that has a symmetrical face
(b) A cresent shaped shell
(c) A shell found on the full moon
(d) A shell that makes one depressed

3. What does the author believe most people need?
(a) Aloneness
(b) Friendship
(c) Love
(d) Children

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

5. According to the author, what happens to the original essence of a relationship?
(a) Gets boring
(b) Dies out from hormones
(c) Gets buried under jealousy or insecurity
(d) Gets buried under the impediments of life

Short Answer Questions

1. During the second week at the sea what returns to Anne?

2. According to the author, what is seen as failure in a relationship?

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

4. What does the author suggest people living in society are like?

5. To whom will the sea not give its gifts?

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