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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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

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

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

5. What do most friends in the city do that precludes the answer to question #153?
(a) Go to school long hours
(b) Activities and conversation
(c) Isolate themselves
(d) Work two jobs

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

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

8. What does the author say acceptance of pain as growth potential do?
(a) Will give happiness
(b) Will grant peace
(c) Will make the clock less significant
(d) Will enable growth faster

9. How does the freedom of being a whole person effect a relationship?
(a) The role of the person adds a different facet
(b) It makes a relationship stormy
(c) It causes equality in a relationship
(d) It usually breaks up a marriage

10. What will she use to remind her of the island at home?
(a) Her shells
(b) A journal
(c) The letters she wrote home
(d) The photos she took

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say the perfect day with her visitor represents?

2. What is the difference between daily living tasks on the island and at home?

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

4. What does Anne believe concentrating on the world's problems might do to someone?

5. For what was the Argonauta named?

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