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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the author think at this stage of life a large house is not necessary?
(a) The children will move away
(b) It has too many memories
(c) It's too much to maintain
(d) It cost too much money

2. What does age bring with it, according to the author?
(a) The need for balance
(b) The need for closure
(c) The need to shed things
(d) Painful joints

3. What does the author intend to do about the societal implications of age?
(a) Get rid of them
(b) Mitigate them
(c) Survive them
(d) Ignore them

4. What does the author say will destroy the beauty and rhythm of the dance?
(a) If the cottage was any smaller
(b) If they wanted to both shower at the same time
(c) Fighting over a relationship
(d) Treading too heavily or holding too tightly

5. In the beginning of a marriage the author says there's little time to do what?
(a) To have children
(b) To have vacations
(c) To travel
(d) To simply enjoy the life being built

6. What does the author say each person must develop on his/her own?
(a) One's own beliefs
(b) One's own talents
(c) One's own personality
(d) One's own attitudes

7. What types of habits does the daily life of marriage have?
(a) Good and bad
(b) Strong and weak
(c) Feminine and masculine
(d) Work and play

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

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

10. What does Anne believe space around an object can do?
(a) Keep people from touching it
(b) Be very dark
(c) Make it look odd
(d) Make it more special

11. What does Anne believe is not her responsibility to do?
(a) Embrace the entire world
(b) To help her neighbors
(c) To raise her grandchildren
(d) To visit the sick

12. What does the mother Argonauta do with her shell after the babies hatch?
(a) The children take it with them
(b) Gives it to her mate
(c) Leaves it and swims away
(d) Eats it

13. What is the relationship of the Argonauta to its shell?
(a) It is the same color as its shell
(b) It doesn't have a shell
(c) It is not attached to its shell
(d) It is the same shape as its shell

14. When one lets go of the past one does one get?
(a) A different present
(b) A certain freedom
(c) Peace of mind
(d) Nothing

15. How does society deal with middle/late age?
(a) Condemns it
(b) Fears it
(c) Ignores it
(d) Makes fun of it

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author use shells in relation to life?

2. What does Anne say about a perfect day?

3. What has changed in the modern life as far as community goes?

4. What do most friends in the city do that precludes the answer to question #153?

5. What do Anne and her visitor do in the morning?

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