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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 Anne say is valid as far as one-and-only moments?
(a) They're valid if carefully controlled
(b) They're valid for children
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(d) They're valid for the first five years

2. What do Anne and her visitor do in the afternoon?
(a) Physical work
(b) Talk
(c) Play
(d) Read

3. What does the author plan to do about her life upon returning home?
(a) Kick her grown children out
(b) Tell her husband to change
(c) Try for more balance
(d) Pick-up where she left off

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

5. What about space around an object changes it?
(a) It could get lost
(b) It could change the color
(c) Someone might not see it and break it
(d) It can stand out and be noticed and admired

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What should women do with some of the time freed up in modern times?

3. How is the shell of the Argonauta used by them?

4. Who does Anne Lindbergh believe has helped shape her life?

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

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