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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when the doctor in "The Power of Belief" performs his test?
(a) The man screams.
(b) The man bleeds.
(c) The man dies.
(d) The man coughs.

2. What do Faust and Oedipus do together in the Interlude?
(a) Fish.
(b) Eat brunch.
(c) Debate.
(d) Duel.

3. Who is the first family in "Raising Cain: A Case History of the First Family"?
(a) Adam and Eve.
(b) The Bush family.
(c) Adam, Eve, Cain, and Able.
(d) The Clinton family.

4. Who does the author claim he feels protective over in the Prologue?
(a) The characters.
(b) His wife.
(c) His mother.
(d) His agent.

5. What, according to Oedipus, has external knowledge buried?
(a) Acceptance of nature.
(b) Religion.
(c) Art.
(d) Literature.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the bird couple in "Soaring" feel about their youngest?

2. What do baby bird and his parents ultimately fight for in "Soaring"?

3. In what season does the holly die for the first time?

4. When baby bird enacts his punishment upon his parents, what happens?

5. How does baby bird feel towards his parents in "Soaring"?

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