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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 are people expected to know in modern life?
(a) About everything that goes on
(b) How to be a good spouse
(c) How to raise children
(d) How to earn money

2. How do sailors consider the Argonauta shell?
(a) It is lucky because they can sell it
(b) It can cause a ship to overturn
(c) It brings death
(d) It brings fair weather

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

4. What does Anne say people must do as far as time goes?
(a) Live in the present
(b) Not think about time at all
(c) Throw away all clocks
(d) Work faster

5. What does Anne say one must be aware of in everyday life?
(a) How to make things happen
(b) The fastest way to complete tasks
(c) Which path to pursue at home
(d) The planet and all its inhabitants

Short Answer Questions

1. As far as relationships go, what does the author say is generally not an option?

2. Why would she believe the answer to question #151?

3. What does the realization of self encourage?

4. How does the author see the oyster shell?

5. What about space around an object changes it?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Anne think about objects being crowded?

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

7. Describe some of the information the author gives about the oyster shell.

8. How does Anne feel about the years to come in her life?

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

10. What questions about her life and conclusions does Anne have as she thinks about the Argonauta ?

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