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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. Why does the author believe people often break up a romantic relationship?
(a) Fighting about money and children
(b) People believe a new relationship will solve their problems
(c) Infidelity or too much flirting
(d) Bad sex

2. What will the moon shell placed on her desk in Connecticut do for the author?
(a) Smell bad
(b) It will be a reminder
(c) Nothing
(d) Get the desk sandy

3. What does the author say about one and only moments in a relationship?
(a) They don't exist
(b) They are not permanent
(c) They aren't healthy
(d) They are to be avoided

4. What does a married woman's concerns keep her from doing?
(a) Having a creative, contemplative or saintly life
(b) Being selfish
(c) Being independent
(d) Going out with lots of men

5. What about the author's life makes it more difficult to achieve simplicity?
(a) Her husband is unfaithful
(b) Her life is subject to public scrutiny
(c) She has to work
(d) She has too many children

Short Answer Questions

1. What pains and amuses the author about married women and the church?

2. What casts a powerful spell on Anne?

3. What kind of container does she carry to the beach everyday?

4. What does the state of ease allow?

5. During the second week, what comes forth in Anne's mind?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does the author believe people are designed to seek? How do people avoid loneliness?

4. What is the effect of solitude on people and on the author? What does the author feel when alone?

5. What does the author say is the answer to the dilemma on how to remain intact and balanced against the forces of nature and shocking events in the periphery

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

7. Why might Anne want to be alone at the beach?

8. How does this book open and why is the author at the location in the book?

9. What is the solution to problems in a relationship that the author says many people try? How effective is that solution?

10. Why do some people try to stay in the first stage of a relationship?

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