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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to John's nervous condition at the end of the story?
(a) He realizes taxis are clean.
(b) He seeks therapy.
(c) His nerves retreat into his body.
(d) He forgives his mother.

2. What happens to the moth at the end of "Round in Circles"?
(a) He saves the cat.
(b) He opens the window.
(c) He dies.
(d) He wins a medal.

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

4. Why is John shocked at his wife's behavior at the end of "Nervous Condition"?
(a) She used to be mean.
(b) He didn't think she loved him.
(c) His wife has no personality.
(d) No one has treated him like this.

5. What are most of the bird couples' children able to do in "Soaring"?
(a) Find worms.
(b) Fly.
(c) Speak.
(d) Sing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Cassandra?

2. In "Projection", what does Billy want to be when he grows up?

3. How does the man treat his plant in the story "An American Holly"?

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

5. What, according to Cassandra, does the human race rely on?

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