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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 channeled whelk represent to the author?
(a) Convoluted schemes
(b) An existence of simplicity
(c) Knitting a sock
(d) Designs of man

2. For what was the Argonauta named?
(a) Nothing in particular
(b) Jason's ship as he searched for the golden fleece
(c) The Roman God of the sea
(d) An old Latin term

3. What does the author say about one and only moments in a relationship?
(a) They don't exist
(b) They are not permanent
(c) They are to be avoided
(d) They aren't healthy

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of experience does the author say being alone was for her?

2. What does the author believe people are designed to do?

3. What do Anne and her visitor do in the morning?

4. What is Anne's main goal?

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

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