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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the people who treat the man in "The Power of Belief" feel after speaking with the man?
(a) Sad.
(b) Angry.
(c) Frustrated.
(d) Happy.

2. What happens when the doctor in "The Power of Belief" performs his test?
(a) The man bleeds.
(b) The man coughs.
(c) The man screams.
(d) The man dies.

3. What is John's nervous condition?
(a) He doesn't like the rain.
(b) His nerve endings are outside his body.
(c) He is afraid of taxis.
(d) His mother beat him.

4. What does Cassandra argue is the fundamental aspect of human existence?
(a) Relgion.
(b) Peace.
(c) Uncertainty.
(d) War.

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

6. What do baby bird and his parents ultimately fight for in "Soaring"?
(a) Control.
(b) Food.
(c) Love.
(d) A better life.

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

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

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

10. Who is Cassandra?
(a) A witch.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A princess blessed by the gods.
(d) A painter.

11. What do Faust and Oedipus do together in the Interlude?
(a) Eat brunch.
(b) Debate.
(c) Fish.
(d) Duel.

12. Who does the man encounter in "The Bridge" when he crosses the bridge?
(a) A man with a rope around his chest.
(b) A woman crying.
(c) His father.
(d) A young child.

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

14. Who is the first family in "Raising Cain: A Case History of the First Family"?
(a) The Clinton family.
(b) Adam and Eve.
(c) Adam, Eve, Cain, and Able.
(d) The Bush family.

15. What is the lamb afraid of in "The Friendly Forest"?
(a) A tiger.
(b) A bear,
(c) A wolf.
(d) The shears.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of "Soaring", what does the baby bird enjoy?

2. Why is John shocked at his wife's behavior at the end of "Nervous Condition"?

3. What do Faust and Oedipus want humans to realize?

4. What is the man in the "The Bridge" responsible for?

5. What does the baby bird in "Soaring" refuse to give his parents satisfaction over?

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