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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does the author compare the inner point of the moon shell?
(a) Pregnancy
(b) A marriage ring
(c) To a pupil of the eye
(d) The circle of life

2. How is the mindset of the second week at the beach different from the city mindset?
(a) It is creative
(b) It is softer and more playful
(c) It is elusive
(d) It is blank

3. Why might women feel resentful about giving?
(a) Because men don't
(b) Because it cost too much
(c) Because no one else does
(d) If it is is without purpose

4. What does living life an on island do for the author's thoughts?
(a) Sends them away
(b) Makes her think in esoteric ways
(c) Strengthens thoughts on solitude
(d) Gives them more depth

5. At the beach, what is the first step to achieving simplicity?
(a) Wear a swim suit
(b) Meditate an hour a day
(c) Fast with only liquids
(d) Shed everything unnecessary

6. Who preached against the dangers of multiplicity in the third century?
(a) Bethel
(b) Artisimis
(c) Plotinus
(d) Sophie

7. What effect does solitude have on people?
(a) Lonliness
(b) different for each individual
(c) Boredom
(d) Enlightenment

8. What would happen if one chose to embrace one-and-only moments all the time?
(a) It would get boring
(b) It would be frustrating
(c) There's be no room for others
(d) It would be too chaotic

9. What pains and amuses the author about married women and the church?
(a) They don't have time for church
(b) They have to sit with their husbands
(c) Married women are rarely canonized
(d) They can't become priests

10. What does the author suggest for good parenting?
(a) Accept each child
(b) Discipline lightly
(c) Spend time with each child alone
(d) Be consistent

11. During the second week, what comes forth in Anne's mind?
(a) New paintings to do
(b) New knitting patterns
(c) New book ideas
(d) Unconscious thoughts and dreams

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

13. What does the author forget when she's in the city?
(a) Clean water
(b) The rhythm and the pace of the sea
(c) Clean air
(d) The stars

14. To what does the author equate shedding insincerity?
(a) Breathing deeply
(b) Being holy
(c) Facing the morning sun
(d) Taking off a mask

15. Men, says the author, has more opportunity at work than women to do what?
(a) Talk to people
(b) Giving himself creatively
(c) Earn money
(d) Have an affair

Short Answer Questions

1. What about the author's life makes it more difficult to achieve simplicity?

2. Anne says every relationship seems how, at the beginning?

3. What part of a relationship is pure, according to the author?

4. What casts a powerful spell on Anne?

5. What will the moon shell placed on her desk in Connecticut do for the author?

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