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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the author think one's true identity is found?
(a) By losing oneself
(b) By giving of oneself
(c) Having goals
(d) Meditation

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

3. What does Anne become one with?
(a) The sun
(b) The sand
(c) The rhythms of the sea
(d) The people around her

4. What is a moon shell?
(a) A cresent shaped shell
(b) A shell that makes one depressed
(c) A snail's shell that has a symmetrical face
(d) A shell found on the full moon

5. What does the author suggest people living in society are like?
(a) Islands
(b) Waves
(c) Trees, with branches reaching out to each other
(d) Grains of sand, crowded and gritty

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

7. What does a married woman's concerns keep her from doing?
(a) Going out with lots of men
(b) Having a creative, contemplative or saintly life
(c) Being independent
(d) Being selfish

8. What should women do with some of the time freed up in modern times?
(a) Have a hobby
(b) Volunteer
(c) Use it to feed and nourish the center
(d) Work

9. Why does the author have to rush in the city?
(a) To take her children places
(b) To run her business
(c) To accomplish myriad tasks
(d) To get ahead

10. What casts a powerful spell on Anne?
(a) The sea
(b) The sun
(c) The breeze
(d) The shells

11. How do the author feel about clearing her mind and focusing solely on the sea?
(a) She doesn't want to do it
(b) It is easy
(c) She thinks she has to do it
(d) It is a difficult task

12. What happens to the pencils she carries?
(a) They get dull from use
(b) They get wet and don't work well
(c) She loses them
(d) The leads break

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

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

15. What does the author believe people are designed to do?
(a) Seek companionship and acceptance
(b) Make money
(c) Have a purpose
(d) Have children

Short Answer Questions

1. The author says if the shells she finds and writes about are lined up across the top of her desk, they can represent what?

2. During the second week at the sea what returns to Anne?

3. How can a homemaker avoid feeling dispensable?

4. Why might women feel resentful about giving?

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

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