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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Cassandra argue is the fundamental aspect of human existence?
(a) Uncertainty.
(b) War.
(c) Relgion.
(d) Peace.
2. What does the doctor think about Billy in "Projection"?
(a) Billy is sad.
(b) Billy is angry.
(c) Billy is dying.
(d) Billy is normal.
3. How do people treat John because of his nervous condition?
(a) They are oversenstive to his needs.
(b) They beat him.
(c) They buy him umbrellas.
(d) They make sure he never takes a taxi.
4. Who does Cassandra agree with at the end of the Interlude?
(a) Faust.
(b) No one.
(c) Her father.
(d) Oedipus.
5. According to Faust, what is external, objective knowledge good for?
(a) Reading a map.
(b) Writing a book.
(c) Getting into college.
(d) Finding the truth.
6. What do Faust and Oedipus discuss in the Interlude?
(a) Humanity.
(b) Literature.
(c) Fish.
(d) Women.
7. What does baby bird discover one morning upon waking?
(a) He has no wings.
(b) He can speak!
(c) The nest is gone.
(d) His parents are gone.
8. What happens to the person the man encounters on the bridge?
(a) He dies.
(b) She marries.
(c) She finds her mother.
(d) He is a ghost.
9. At the end of "The Power of Belief", what does the dead man claim?
(a) He is rich.
(b) He is breathing.
(c) He is alive.
(d) Dead men bleed.
10. How does baby bird feel at the end of "Soaring"?
(a) Scared.
(b) Bitter.
(c) Angry.
(d) Happy.
11. Who does the author claim he feels protective over in the Prologue?
(a) His wife.
(b) His agent.
(c) The characters.
(d) His mother.
12. What, according to Oedipus, has external knowledge buried?
(a) Religion.
(b) Literature.
(c) Acceptance of nature.
(d) Art.
13. What does the baby bird in "Soaring" want for himself?
(a) Independence.
(b) A nest.
(c) Money.
(d) Fame.
14. What is the lamb's friends' advice at the end of ""The Friendly Forest"?
(a) To communicate with the tiger.
(b) To hide in a tree.
(c) To run away.
(d) To communicate with the bear.
15. When baby bird enacts his punishment upon his parents, what happens?
(a) He cries.
(b) He injures himself.
(c) He flies.
(d) He dies.
Short Answer Questions
1. What animal is the moth confused by in "Round in Circles"?
2. What does Faust want people to look to for inspiration?
3. What is the lamb afraid of in "The Friendly Forest"?
4. Who is Oedipus?
5. What does the person whom the man encounters on the bridge ask him to do?
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