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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. How do people smile at the beach?
(a) They don't, too sandy with the wind
(b) Carefully
(c) Slyly
(d) Like children
2. What does multiplicity in life lead to, according to the author?
(a) An interesting life
(b) Fragmentation
(c) Anger
(d) Being tired all the time
3. To what does the author equate shedding insincerity?
(a) Breathing deeply
(b) Facing the morning sun
(c) Taking off a mask
(d) Being holy
4. What is Anne afraid of when she is alone and feeling peaceful?
(a) That she will get angry
(b) Being interrupted by another person
(c) That it will end
(d) That she will die
5. For how long will the author be doing the answer in question #1?
(a) A year
(b) Three days
(c) Two weeks
(d) Two months
Short Answer Questions
1. How have the author's "roles" in life effected her life?
2. What does the author suggest people living in society are like?
3. How do the author feel about clearing her mind and focusing solely on the sea?
4. What does the author say is required of an artist?
5. What does Anne believe is possible at the beach as far as shelter is concerned?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are obstacles to simplicity in Anne's life?
2. How does one get gifts from the sea and what are the gifts?
3. What does the author explore in her life and the sea? How does she relate this to the channeled whelk?
4. How does the author feel about the concept of being the "one and only" in a person's life?
5. The author suggests that women are designed to be giving. How does she tie in giving with solitude?
6. The author suggests being alone might be good for a person. Why does she say this?
7. What is the effect of solitude on people and on the author? What does the author feel when alone?
8. How is the mindset of the second week similar or different from her mindset in the city?
9. How does the channeled whelk shell appear to Anne?
10. 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
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