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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the moth try to help the other animal in "Round in Circles"?
(a) He sings.
(b) He tries to show a different perspective.
(c) He sounds an alarm.
(d) He holds open the window.

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

3. How do the bird couple in "Soaring" feel about their youngest?
(a) Worried.
(b) Angry.
(c) Scared.
(d) Happy.

4. What does the person whom the man encounters on the bridge ask him to do?
(a) Embrace him.
(b) Find her mother.
(c) Hold the rope.
(d) Get her a hanky.

5. What does baby bird hope to do to himself by punishing his parents?
(a) Find a girlfriend.
(b) Choke on a worm.
(c) Injure himself.
(d) Fly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does communication depend on in "The Failure of Syntax"?

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

3. What image do baby bird's parents want to project in "Soaring"?

4. Who does the author claim he feels protective over in the Prologue?

5. At the end of "The Power of Belief", what does the dead man claim?

(see the answer key)

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