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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What best describes Anne's feelings towards middle age?
(a) Acceptence and regret
(b) Happiness
(c) Optimism
(d) Depression

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

4. What does Anne believe concentrating on the world's problems might do to someone?
(a) Keep them from having children
(b) Keep them from helping individuals
(c) Keep them from solving their own problems
(d) Keep their lives in chaos

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

6. What does Anne say one must be aware of in everyday life?
(a) The fastest way to complete tasks
(b) Which path to pursue at home
(c) How to make things happen
(d) The planet and all its inhabitants

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

8. 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 balance the individual against the whole
(d) Trying to put off too many actions

9. For what was the Argonauta named?
(a) The Roman God of the sea
(b) Jason's ship as he searched for the golden fleece
(c) Nothing in particular
(d) An old Latin term

10. Why would she believe the answer to question #151?
(a) She has no time to meet people on the island
(b) She has no friends on the island
(c) Most strange people don't live in cities
(d) One tends to gravitate toward the familiar

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

12. What does the Argonauta represent to Anne?
(a) To strive for rare objects
(b) To look for balance
(c) To have a good relationship with her children
(d) Not clinging too tightly to the past

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

14. What do the Anne and her visitor do in the evening?
(a) Write
(b) Read
(c) Set up a budget
(d) Relax and talk

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of schedule does the author say is necessary on the island?

2. How does Anne feel as she leaves the sea?

3. How do the two function in the small cottage?

4. What are people expected to know in modern life?

5. What stage of life does the author say the oyster shell best represents?

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