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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What might limit a person's outlook on life?
(a) Looking for easy answers
(b) Not being open to complexity
(c) Looking for simplicity, inner integrity and fuller relationships
(d) Trying to stay as simple in the city as on the island

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

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

9. What does the author say a woman must discover for herself?
(a) Her identity
(b) Whether she wants children
(c) Her talents
(d) Her intelligence

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

11. How does the visit effect Anne's path?
(a) Makes it crowded
(b) Makes her work harder
(c) Makes it noisy
(d) Does not diminish the path

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

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

14. What makes people seem different on the island from people in the city?
(a) In the city the people are friendly
(b) On the island most people don't have a job
(c) In the city the people are rushed
(d) On the island one sees each person as unique

15. The author suggests that compassion may not be possible in the modern world for who?
(a) Groups of people
(b) Individuals
(c) Criminals
(d) Violent countries

Short Answer Questions

1. How common are the oyster shells?

2. What are two ways bonds in marriage are formed?

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

4. What does Anne see as how people seem in modern life?

5. By middle age, what does Anne assert most couples are doing?

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