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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 distracts the moth in ""Round in Circles"?
(a) A human.
(b) A bright light.
(c) A closet filled with coats.
(d) A car.
2. How does the other animal in "Round in Circles", react to the moth's advice?
(a) He ignores it.
(b) He covers his ears and sings "lalala!"
(c) He shouts "Tais-toi!"
(d) He takes it.
3. What does Billy like to cut up in "Projection"?
(a) His clothes.
(b) His steak.
(c) His homework.
(d) His toys.
4. What do the lamb's friends say about her fear?
(a) She must know a lot about shears.
(b) She is silly.
(c) She has a right to be scared.
(d) She is stupid.
5. In "The Bridge" what must the man do so he won't lose a long awaited opportunity?
(a) Cry.
(b) Act immediately.
(c) Fight a caged lion.
(d) Bribe the mayor.
Short Answer Questions
1. What animal is the moth confused by in "Round in Circles"?
2. What does the person whom the man encounters on the bridge ask him to do?
3. What does the doctor think about Billy in "Projection"?
4. What does Cassandra argue is the fundamental aspect of human existence?
5. What does Faust want people to look to for inspiration?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do Faust and Oedipus debate in the Interlude?
2. What does Edwin H. Friedman mean by "The Failure of Syntax"?
3. How does the doctor try to break the man's belief in "The Power of Belief"? What is the result of the attempt?
4. How does the man's attitude in "An American Holly" change from beginning to end?
5. What is Edwin H. Friedman's relationship to his characters?
6. What does the line "the essential difficulty in trying to communicate with another is how to get past the interference of the resistance demons who inhabit that other" mean?
7. How does the man in "An American Holly" treat his holly plant?
8. What do the birds in "Soaring" believe is their greatest accomplishment?
9. How does the main character of "The Power of Belief" demonstrate the title?
10. What does Faust argue is the best way for humans to find truth?
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