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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does romantic love turn to, according to the author?
(a) Divorce
(b) Familial love
(c) Devotion and companionship
(d) Friendship

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

3. The author asserts that to expect duration in one's life and relationships is what?
(a) Common
(b) Insane
(c) Unrealistic
(d) Reasonable

4. How is the shell of the Argonauta used by them?
(a) It is used to dig in the sand
(b) The mother uses it as a cradle for its young
(c) It is used to attract a mate
(d) It is used to attract its prey

5. How do the two function in the small cottage?
(a) They sleep in shifts
(b) They keep knocking into each other
(c) As a dance
(d) They fight about who cooks

6. How are most actions taken for helping people in modern life?
(a) Without thought of the repercussions
(b) To benefit self rather than others
(c) On a case by case basis
(d) On behalf of the whole

7. How much does Anne believe her thoughts at the beach will change her life at home?
(a) It will be very slow, but thorough change
(b) Not very much
(c) It will be like a new beginning
(d) It will change her so much her husband won't like it

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

9. To what does the author compare the oyster shell for comfort?
(a) A pair of old gardening gloves
(b) Soft sand
(c) A feather bed
(d) The gentle sun

10. What does the realization of self encourage?
(a) Being a good partner
(b) Being smart
(c) Having a good job
(d) The growth of one's interests

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anne say about a perfect day?

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

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

4. Anne says that only by learning the truth and beauty in the individual we can do what?

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

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