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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say is required of an artist?
(a) To be patient
(b) To not care
(c) To be around a lot of people
(d) To give of self in small drops

2. 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

3. Anne says every relationship seems how, at the beginning?
(a) Glorious
(b) Simple
(c) Frustrating
(d) Tense

4. What does the author learn to appreciate with in her solitude?
(a) God
(b) Art
(c) Other people
(d) Politics

5. What does the state of ease allow?
(a) Her to focus on inner thoughts and observations
(b) For her to sleep
(c) For her to relax
(d) For her to talk to others

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the structure of the oyster shell appear?

2. What does the author intend to do about the societal implications of age?

3. How long does it take Anne to slip into a state of ease?

4. What would happen if one chose to embrace one-and-only moments all the time?

5. What stage of life does the author say the oyster shell best represents?

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