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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes a person to live his life in chains according to the introduction of Part 3?
(a) No romance.
(b) No thrills.
(c) Refusing to pray.
(d) Seeeing things in black and white.

2. How many famous figures appear in "Tradition"?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 8.

3. What image do baby bird's parents want to project in "Soaring"?
(a) Lazy workers.
(b) Good parents.
(c) Run down parents.
(d) Harsh disciplinarians.

4. 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.

5. In "Projection", what does Billy want to be when he grows up?
(a) A cop.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A serial killer.
(d) A doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of regression does the author claim humans are experiencing in Part 4?

2. In Part 3 of the Epilogue, who argues that people have issues with closeness?

3. What are the men in "Tradition" not judged by?

4. What happens to the plant at the end of "An American Holly"?

5. What distracts the moth in ""Round in Circles"?

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