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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 should women do with some of the time freed up in modern times?
2. What does the author say gets in the way of simplification?
3. What does the author say the inner point of a moon shell does?
4. Why does the author have to rush in the city?
5. What does Anne wishes she could do with the cottage?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the mindset of the second week similar or different from her mindset in the city?
2. What does the author explore in her life and the sea? How does she relate this to the channeled whelk?
3. Why might Anne want to be alone at the beach?
4. The author suggests that women are designed to be giving. How does she tie in giving with solitude?
5. How does the author feel about the concept of being the "one and only" in a person's life?
6. How does the author see the difference between a man and a woman in marriage?
7. What happens to Anne's mind the second week at the beach?
8. What is the solution to problems in a relationship that the author says many people try? How effective is that solution?
9. How does the channeled whelk shell appear to Anne?
10. How does one get gifts from the sea and what are the gifts?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Anne says a woman must find her own identity. What do you think she means? Do you think this could apply to a man also? Why or why not? How do you explore your identity?
Essay Topic 2
Some people cover up their own problems by worrying about the whole world. What does this statement mean? Do you know someone who does this or do you do it? Why do you think it would be easier to worry about the world than what's happening in your own life?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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