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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Red is an angry color.
(c) Parents just don't understand.
(d) Cain might kill Able.

2. What is the youngest bird unable to do at the start of "Soaring"?
(a) Sing.
(b) Fly.
(c) Groom.
(d) Speak.

3. How does the person the man encounters on the bridge feel the man is acting?
(a) Angry.
(b) Selfish.
(c) Silly.
(d) Stupid.

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

5. How do the bird couple in "Soaring" feel about their youngest?
(a) Worried.
(b) Happy.
(c) Angry.
(d) Scared.

6. Who does Cassandra agree with at the end of the Interlude?
(a) No one.
(b) Faust.
(c) Her father.
(d) Oedipus.

7. What, according to Oedipus, is searching and understanding within the self good for?
(a) Writing a book.
(b) Meeting girls.
(c) Writitng a poem.
(d) It is the way to the truth.

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

9. Why does the man in "An American Holly" move the plant?
(a) It needs more space.
(b) It is blocking the TV.
(c) It belongs in the trash.
(d) It needs sunlight.

10. What does communication depend on in "The Failure of Syntax"?
(a) Emotional context.
(b) Hand gestures.
(c) Grammar.
(d) Sign language.

11. What does the person whom the man encounters on the bridge ask him to do?
(a) Hold the rope.
(b) Embrace him.
(c) Get her a hanky.
(d) Find her mother.

12. At the end of "Soaring", what does the baby bird enjoy?
(a) His family.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Food.
(d) His friends.

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

14. In the Interlude, what does Oedipus think will happen if people follow Cassandra's line of thinking?
(a) There would be no more religion.
(b) There would be no more war.
(c) Myths would change.
(d) The end of the world.

15. How does baby bird feel towards his parents in "Soaring"?
(a) Happy.
(b) Sad.
(c) Scared.
(d) Resentful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the lamb's friends' advice at the end of ""The Friendly Forest"?

2. Who warns the lamb about her friends' advice?

3. What does the family doctor ask the man in "The Power of Belief"?

4. What challenge did Edwin H. Friedman face in writing his fables?

5. Why does baby bird never return home at the end of "Soaring"?

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