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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What challenge did Edwin H. Friedman face in writing his fables?
(a) He was sued by his ex-wife.
(b) He was lazy.
(c) He could not find the source of his fables.
(d) The editors wanted to revise them.

2. Who is the first family in "Raising Cain: A Case History of the First Family"?
(a) Adam, Eve, Cain, and Able.
(b) The Bush family.
(c) The Clinton family.
(d) Adam and Eve.

3. What, according to Oedipus, is searching and understanding within the self good for?
(a) Writitng a poem.
(b) Meeting girls.
(c) It is the way to the truth.
(d) Writing a book.

4. What does Billy like to cut up in "Projection"?
(a) His toys.
(b) His steak.
(c) His clothes.
(d) His homework.

5. What does communication depend on in "The Failure of Syntax"?
(a) Hand gestures.
(b) Grammar.
(c) Emotional context.
(d) Sign language.

6. What does the baby bird in "Soaring" want for himself?
(a) Independence.
(b) Fame.
(c) A nest.
(d) Money.

7. When baby bird enacts his punishment upon his parents, what happens?
(a) He injures himself.
(b) He flies.
(c) He cries.
(d) He dies.

8. When, in "Projection", do Billy's parents decide to take him to a doctor?
(a) When he is in a car accident.
(b) When he is expelled.
(c) When he refuses to eat vegetables.
(d) When he draws spilled organs.

9. What do Faust and Oedipus discuss in the Interlude?
(a) Fish.
(b) Humanity.
(c) Literature.
(d) Women.

10. What does Faust want people to look to for inspiration?
(a) Books.
(b) The mountains.
(c) Art.
(d) The future.

11. Who, in "Nervous Condition" does John marry?
(a) His high school sweetheart.
(b) A mean woman.
(c) A woman his mother's age.
(d) An oversensitive woman.

12. What does Cassandra argue is the fundamental aspect of human existence?
(a) War.
(b) Peace.
(c) Uncertainty.
(d) Relgion.

13. Who does the man encounter in "The Bridge" when he crosses the bridge?
(a) His father.
(b) A man with a rope around his chest.
(c) A woman crying.
(d) A young child.

14. What do baby bird and his parents ultimately fight for in "Soaring"?
(a) Love.
(b) Food.
(c) Control.
(d) A better life.

15. What is the lamb's friends' advice at the end of ""The Friendly Forest"?
(a) To hide in a tree.
(b) To communicate with the bear.
(c) To run away.
(d) To communicate with the tiger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the baby bird in "Soaring" refuse to give his parents satisfaction over?

2. What causes John's wife to change the way she treats her husband in "Nervous Condition"?

3. What do Faust and Oedipus want humans to realize?

4. What does the man in "The Power of Belief," try to convince people of?

5. How does the man treat his plant in the story "An American Holly"?

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