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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Beach at My Back.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What stage of life does the author say the oyster shell best represents?
(a) Birth
(b) Old age
(c) Youth
(d) The middle years

2. According to the author, what is seen as failure in a relationship?
(a) To stay together too long
(b) To not have children
(c) To not maintain the original pattern
(d) To break up

3. What does the author say is required to obtain simplicity?
(a) Sacrifices
(b) Simple surroundings
(c) No family
(d) Being single

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

5. How much does Anne believe her thoughts at the beach will change her life at home?
(a) It will change her so much her husband won't like it
(b) It will be very slow, but thorough change
(c) Not very much
(d) It will be like a new beginning

Short Answer Questions

1. What is difficult for a person in a crowd to do?

2. Between what two poles have women swung, in the past?

3. What does the author say makes it impossible to stand up for each person in existence?

4. Why must a new community be created in a middle aged relationship?

5. What does the author say is required of an artist?

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