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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Anne afraid of when she is alone and feeling peaceful?
(a) That she will die
(b) That it will end
(c) That she will get angry
(d) Being interrupted by another person

2. What does the author consider one of the most important techniques for living?
(a) Pray
(b) Simplification
(c) Eating well
(d) Breathing

3. When does one go wrong in desiring love, according to the author?
(a) When wanting someone already married
(b) When one wants to keep exclusivity forever
(c) When wanting the person with them all the time
(d) When being jealousy

4. How does the author view being alone for two weeks?
(a) As boring
(b) It presents a challenge
(c) As a wonderful vacation
(d) As a spiritual step to sainthood

5. Why does she believe people seek meaningless activities when there's nothing to do?
(a) To fill the void of time
(b) So they don't get bored
(c) To keep from remembering something bad
(d) To keep from thinking

Short Answer Questions

1. What effect does solitude have on people?

2. According to the author, what happens to the original essence of a relationship?

3. What complicates a pure relationship?

4. From where does the author realize her answers must come?

5. What does the author say is required of an artist?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author feel about the ocean and what happens to her when near it?

2. What are the author's intentions for her time at the beach and is she successful?

3. The author suggests that women are designed to be giving. How does she tie in giving with solitude?

4. What does Anne find on one of her first walks on the beach and what does she wonder about it?

5. Why would a person avoid being alone?

6. How does the author see people, since being at the beach?

7. How does the author suggest women should obtain solitude?

8. How does the author find life at the ocean?

9. How does the author feel about the concept of being the "one and only" in a person's life?

10. How does the author see the difference between a man and a woman in marriage?

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