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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say might sacrifice the present in honor of the future?
(a) Trying to put off too many actions
(b) Trying to live in the past
(c) Trying to balance the individual against the whole
(d) Trying to ignore the day and always think about next week

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

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

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

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

6. 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

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

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

9. What does Anne say people must do as far as time goes?
(a) Live in the present
(b) Work faster
(c) Not think about time at all
(d) Throw away all clocks

10. 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) It will be like a new beginning
(c) Not very much
(d) It will change her so much her husband won't like it

11. What does the author say a woman is full of?
(a) Ambiguity and contradiction
(b) Order and serenity
(c) Peace and chaos
(d) Love and hate

12. How common are the oyster shells?
(a) Very common
(b) Common only in Florida
(c) Somewhat rare
(d) Very rare

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

14. What are people expected to know in modern life?
(a) How to be a good spouse
(b) About everything that goes on
(c) How to raise children
(d) How to earn money

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the freedom of being a whole person effect a relationship?

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

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

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

5. What type of people does the author believe one would be unlikely to be friends with in a city?

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