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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Few Shells.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does she relate time to the dance?
(a) Clinging to a step is the past, going too fast is the future
(b) Dancing hard is hanging onto the past
(c) Dancing apart is walking in different times
(d) Not dancing is being in the now

2. What does the author say acceptance of pain as growth potential do?
(a) Will grant peace
(b) Will give happiness
(c) Will enable growth faster
(d) Will make the clock less significant

3. How does the author view being alone for two weeks?
(a) As a spiritual step to sainthood
(b) As boring
(c) As a wonderful vacation
(d) It presents a challenge

4. What does the author say a woman is full of?
(a) Love and hate
(b) Order and serenity
(c) Ambiguity and contradiction
(d) Peace and chaos

5. How do people smile at the beach?
(a) Like children
(b) They don't, too sandy with the wind
(c) Carefully
(d) Slyly

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What could happen without inner strength and spiritual solidity?

3. What does romantic love turn to, according to the author?

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

5. To what does the author compare the oyster shell for comfort?

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