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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Interlude.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What causes John's wife to change the way she treats her husband in "Nervous Condition"?
(a) A cat with her kittens.
(b) John loses his job.
(c) A dog with her puppies.
(d) John has an affair.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the youngest bird unable to do at the start of "Soaring"?

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

3. Who is Oedipus?

4. What do Faust and Oedipus do together in the Interlude?

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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