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

2. What makes people seem different on the island from people in the city?
(a) On the island one sees each person as unique
(b) In the city the people are friendly
(c) In the city the people are rushed
(d) On the island most people don't have a job

3. What does the author say makes it impossible to stand up for each person in existence?
(a) The over population of the world
(b) The lack of knowledge
(c) The lack of heart and soul
(d) The lifespan of a person and demands placed on daily life

4. What does age bring with it, according to the author?
(a) The need for closure
(b) Painful joints
(c) The need for balance
(d) The need to shed things

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What types of habits does the daily life of marriage have?

2. What are two ways bonds in marriage are formed?

3. The metaphor of dance exquisitely describes the method in which one may approach what?

4. What do most friends in the city do that precludes the answer to question #153?

5. The world is so large and devoid of individuality that the author worries about what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe a day at the beach with Anne after her sister arrives.

2. How does the author use the metaphor of dance in writing about her sister's visit?

3. What does Anne think middle age might bring to her relationships?

4. What does Anne see as the difference in caring between the modern world and when life was less technical?

5. How does Anne see the benefit of meeting people on an island as opposed to in a city?

6. What does Anne suggest each person must do as far as themselves is concerned and what effect would that have on a person's life?

7. How does Anne feel about people who are solely concerned about the problems of the whole?

8. How does Anne relate the Argonauta shell to her life?

9. What is the Argonauta and how does it use its shell?

10. What does Anne say is the key to dealing with the whole and moving forward?

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