Friedman's Fables Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Edwin Friedman
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 109 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Friedman's Fables Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Edwin Friedman
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the other animal in "Round in Circles" trying to get out of?
(a) A cage.
(b) A pond.
(c) A bag.
(d) A window.

2. According to Faust, what is external, objective knowledge good for?
(a) Reading a map.
(b) Writing a book.
(c) Finding the truth.
(d) Getting into college.

3. What do the lamb's friends say about her fear?
(a) She is stupid.
(b) She is silly.
(c) She must know a lot about shears.
(d) She has a right to be scared.

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

5. Why does baby bird never return home at the end of "Soaring"?
(a) He is lost.
(b) He enjoys his life too much.
(c) He hates his family.
(d) He dies.

6. Who is Faust?
(a) A hunter.
(b) A poet.
(c) A man who sold his soul to the devil.
(d) A carpet salesman.

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

8. How does baby bird feel at the end of "Soaring"?
(a) Happy.
(b) Scared.
(c) Bitter.
(d) Angry.

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

10. What do Faust and Oedipus want humans to realize?
(a) The world is ending.
(b) The truth.
(c) Books are important.
(d) War is good.

11. What happens to the person the man encounters on the bridge?
(a) He is a ghost.
(b) She marries.
(c) He dies.
(d) She finds her mother.

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

13. What does the baby bird in "Soaring" want for himself?
(a) A nest.
(b) Money.
(c) Independence.
(d) Fame.

14. In "Raising Cain: A Case History of the First Family", what is the conclusion of the report?
(a) Families should not be allowed to have multiple family members in office.
(b) Cain might kill Able.
(c) Red is an angry color.
(d) Parents just don't understand.

15. What does the family doctor ask the man in "The Power of Belief"?
(a) "What is your name?"
(b) "Can I see your bank statement?"
(c) "Do dead men bleed?"
(d) "Do horses speak?"

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the other animal in "Round in Circles", react to the moth's advice?

2. What image do baby bird's parents want to project in "Soaring"?

3. What do Faust and Oedipus discuss in the Interlude?

4. At the end of "The Power of Belief", what does the dead man claim?

5. What are most of the bird couples' children able to do in "Soaring"?

(see the answer keys)

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