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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the author suggest for good parenting?
2. What does the author say is required to obtain simplicity?
3. Who preached against the dangers of multiplicity in the third century?
4. The author says if the shells she finds and writes about are lined up across the top of her desk, they can represent what?
5. Why does she believe people seek meaningless activities when there's nothing to do?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author feel about the ocean and what happens to her when near it?
2. How does this book open and why is the author at the location in the book?
3. Why might Anne want to be alone at the beach?
4. What does Anne find on one of her first walks on the beach and what does she wonder about it?
5. How does one get gifts from the sea and what are the gifts?
6. What happens to Anne's mind the second week at the beach?
7. Describe a double-sunrise shell?
8. How does the author suggest one might rejuvenate a relationship?
9. How is the mindset of the second week similar or different from her mindset in the city?
10. What are the author's intentions for her time at the beach and is she successful?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Anne talks about the various stages she sees in marriage. What are these stages and is it possible they apply to any relationship? Why are why not?
Essay Topic 2
The author explores many metaphors centering on the beach, the sea and the "gifts" from the sea. Write about two of these metaphors and your understanding of what she is saying.
Essay Topic 3
The author says her main goal at the sea is to obtain peace. What would be your goal if you took a similar vacation? How would you obtain that goal? Is there some place you would choose besides the sea to find peace? Where? Why?
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