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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 does Anne feel as she leaves the sea?
(a) Tired but peaceful
(b) Nostalgia is already setting in
(c) Happy
(d) Tushed she has to get home

2. What does the author say will destroy the beauty and rhythm of the dance?
(a) Fighting over a relationship
(b) If they wanted to both shower at the same time
(c) Treading too heavily or holding too tightly
(d) If the cottage was any smaller

3. What is difficult for a person in a crowd to do?
(a) Be the boss
(b) Change someone's opinion
(c) Stand out
(d) Get to work on time

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

5. What does the author say the perfect day with her visitor represents?
(a) Being able to ignore someone politely
(b) Being alone when someone is with you
(c) Being too polite to say no
(d) The give and take of relationships

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes people seem different on the island from people in the city?

2. For what was the Argonauta named?

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

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

5. How does she relate time to the dance?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author relate decorating with a few objects to people in crowds?

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

3. How does Anne feel as she leaves the island and what does she think about her time?

4. What are some of the ideas the author expresses about the kinds of love and bonds formed in marriage?

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

6. Does the author believe she will be able to practice at home what she learned on the island? Why or why not?

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

8. What has the beach taught the author?

9. What does Anne say about returning to the beginnings of a relationship?

10. 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?

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