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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Argonauta.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Anne compare saying good-bye?
(a) An amputation
(b) A necessary moment
(c) A happy moment
(d) A sad moment

2. What does Anne become one with?
(a) The sun
(b) The sand
(c) The rhythms of the sea
(d) The people around her

3. What strong lure does the author feel when contemplating the oyster shell?
(a) Romantic love
(b) Parental guidance
(c) A new career
(d) Home and family

4. How does the visit effect Anne's path?
(a) Makes her work harder
(b) Does not diminish the path
(c) Makes it noisy
(d) Makes it crowded

5. How does the author see the oyster shell?
(a) As a cover for a pearl
(b) Humble, awkward, and ugly
(c) Beautiful and delicate
(d) Strange and alien

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say about one and only moments in a relationship?

2. What about the author's life makes it more difficult to achieve simplicity?

3. To what does the author equate shedding insincerity?

4. What does the channeled whelk represent to the author?

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

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