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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say the perfect day with her visitor represents?
(a) Being too polite to say no
(b) Being able to ignore someone politely
(c) The give and take of relationships
(d) Being alone when someone is with you

2. By middle age, what does Anne assert most couples are doing?
(a) Getting ready to start a new career
(b) Quit the struggle for a place in the world
(c) Getting bored with each other
(d) Waiting for grandchildren

3. Why does the author believe it will be difficult to remember her thoughts from the beach?
(a) They won't be relevant
(b) One's thoughts and visions begin to fade
(c) Life is too hectic at home
(d) Her husband takes up all her time

4. What does the author say might sacrifice the present in honor of the future?
(a) Trying to live in the past
(b) Trying to ignore the day and always think about next week
(c) Trying to put off too many actions
(d) Trying to balance the individual against the whole

5. How do sailors consider the Argonauta shell?
(a) It is lucky because they can sell it
(b) It brings death
(c) It brings fair weather
(d) It can cause a ship to overturn

6. What does Anne see as how people seem in modern life?
(a) More self-centered
(b) People tend to become faceless
(c) More kind and giving
(d) Much more dishonest

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

8. What strong lure does the author feel when contemplating the oyster shell?
(a) Parental guidance
(b) A new career
(c) Home and family
(d) Romantic love

9. How does the author use shells in relation to life?
(a) To demonstrate love
(b) To illustrate the stages
(c) To show wonder
(d) To think about death

10. Anne says that only by learning the truth and beauty in the individual we can do what?
(a) Not have to deal with the world
(b) Not have war
(c) Not have crime
(d) Deal with the whole

11. How does Anne see what she's learned the past two weeks?
(a) She sees the whole picture
(b) She sees nothing useful for the city
(c) She sees each problem separately
(d) She sees each day individually

12. What is there little time at home to do, according to the author?
(a) Conscious reflection with or without people
(b) Play golf
(c) Eat a leisurely meal
(d) Walk the dog in the park

13. What does Anne say about a perfect day?
(a) Everyday is perfect
(b) They are impossible
(c) They happen all the time
(d) Life is not filled with continuous perfect days

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

15. How does Anne's feelings change as she prepares to leave the beach?
(a) Peace for chaos
(b) Balance for restlessness
(c) Melancholy for hope
(d) Happiness for depression

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the mother Argonauta do with her shell after the babies hatch?

2. Why would she believe the answer to question #151?

3. What is the relationship of the Argonauta to its shell?

4. What does the realization of self encourage?

5. How does the author see the oyster shell?

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