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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Reptilian Regressions, Fables 4 - 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many children do the birds in "Soaring" have?
(a) 13.
(b) 12.
(c) 9.
(d) 2.

3. At the end of "Nervous Condition", how does John's wife attack him?
(a) She steps on his nerves.
(b) With words.
(c) With a bat.
(d) With a knife.

4. Who writes the report in "Raising Cain: A Case History of the First Family"?
(a) A student.
(b) A social worker.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A lawyer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does baby bird decide to punish his parents?

2. What form of writing is the second part of "Symbiosis"?

3. What does the person whom the man encounters on the bridge ask him to do?

4. Why does the author give this story the title "Narcissus"?

5. In "The Failure of Syntax", what does Edwin H. Friedman claim communication does not depend on?

(see the answer key)

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