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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, The Failure of Syntax, Fables 3 - 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Edwin H. Friedman claim "real figures of speech" are based on?
(a) Smiles.
(b) Attitudes.
(c) Similies.
(d) Metaphors.

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

3. Who warns the lamb about her friends' advice?
(a) Her mother.
(b) A member of the forest community.
(c) The farmer.
(d) Her father.

4. What distracts the moth in ""Round in Circles"?
(a) A bright light.
(b) A human.
(c) A closet filled with coats.
(d) A car.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the moth at the end of "Round in Circles"?

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

3. At the end of "Nervous Condition", how does John's wife attack him?

4. Why are Billy's parents worried in "Projection"?

5. What is the lamb afraid of in "The Friendly Forest"?

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