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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How have the author's "roles" in life effected her life?
(a) Made her tired
(b) Made her very happy
(c) Fried her brain
(d) Takes a toll on the author's spirit

2. What did Anne experience after the good-bye?
(a) Comfort
(b) Peace
(c) Sleeping well
(d) Ghost pain

3. What removes the desire to think or read within Anne?
(a) The exercise from swimming
(b) The sun making her sleepy
(c) The nice people around her
(d) The solitude and serenity of the ocean

4. Why does she believe people seek meaningless activities when there's nothing to do?
(a) So they don't get bored
(b) To keep from remembering something bad
(c) To fill the void of time
(d) To keep from thinking

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

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

7. What about the author's life makes it more difficult to achieve simplicity?
(a) Her husband is unfaithful
(b) She has too many children
(c) Her life is subject to public scrutiny
(d) She has to work

8. What two actions does the author say are not acceptable paths to simplicity?
(a) Being famous
(b) Having more than three children
(c) Becoming rich
(d) Total renunciation or total acceptance of the world

9. What does she do with the books she has stashed in the bag?
(a) She studies them and writes in them
(b) She did not bring any books with her
(c) They remain unread
(d) She reads them at night

10. What allows a person to give of oneself?
(a) Being a woman
(b) Being selfless
(c) Being a child
(d) Maintaining health

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

12. What is a double-sunrise shell?
(a) A shell with red and orange on both sides
(b) A shell found a sunrise
(c) A shell formed from coral
(d) Two shells joined at the center

13. How does the author view being alone for two weeks?
(a) It presents a challenge
(b) As a spiritual step to sainthood
(c) As boring
(d) As a wonderful vacation

14. The author compares to the channeled whelk to what of hers?
(a) The design on her watchband
(b) Her pendant
(c) Her family ties
(d) The shape of her life

15. What does multiplicity in life lead to, according to the author?
(a) Fragmentation
(b) Anger
(c) Being tired all the time
(d) An interesting life

Short Answer Questions

1. What does residing by the sea do for the author?

2. When does one go wrong in desiring love, according to the author?

3. What is the author doing at the beginning of the book?

4. What is a moon shell?

5. What does the author say everyone wants out of love?

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