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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are the bonds of marriage formed?
(a) Watching television together
(b) Having a great love life
(c) Having children
(d) Working to achieve their united goals

2. What has changed in the modern life as far as community goes?
(a) It is much less friendly
(b) There is no community
(c) Everyone knows your business
(d) The community is widening to include the world

3. Why is the author amused by the oyster shell?
(a) It reminds her of her father
(b) It is reminiscent of her life at the moment
(c) It reminds her of her youth
(d) It is reminiscent of her religion

4. Who comes to visit Anne at the cottage?
(a) Her children
(b) Her sister
(c) Her lover
(d) Her husband

5. What are two ways bonds in marriage are formed?
(a) Having children and hobbies
(b) Working and praying
(c) Taking care of parents and going to school
(d) Loyalties and shared experiences

6. Why does Anne say about the tasks at home and time?
(a) They eat up valuable time
(b) They are fun with her children
(c) Her husband helps her
(d) They are quick and easy

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

8. Between what two poles have women swung, in the past?
(a) Dependence and competition
(b) Kindness and anger
(c) Love and hate
(d) Ambition and laziness

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

10. What is the difference between daily living tasks on the island and at home?
(a) There are no tasks on the island
(b) The tasks are quicker in the city
(c) There's not enough time on the island
(d) The tasks are pleasurable on the island

11. 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

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

13. How does Anne feel as she leaves the sea?
(a) Tired but peaceful
(b) Nostalgia is already setting in
(c) Tushed she has to get home
(d) Happy

14. The world is so large and devoid of individuality that the author worries about what?
(a) If people just follow the trends
(b) If it is possible to care sufficiently for the whole
(c) If people are becoming more violent
(d) If life is becoming more difficult

15. What do Anne and her visitor do in the afternoon?
(a) Play
(b) Read
(c) Physical work
(d) Talk

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what does the author compare the oyster shell for comfort?

3. What best describes Anne's feelings towards middle age?

4. What is difficult for a person in a crowd to do?

5. What does the author say a woman must discover for herself?

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