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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. How do people treat John because of his nervous condition?
(a) They beat him.
(b) They make sure he never takes a taxi.
(c) They buy him umbrellas.
(d) They are oversenstive to his needs.

3. Why are Billy's parents worried in "Projection"?
(a) They are losing their jobs.
(b) His drawings are violent.
(c) He gets F's in school
(d) His bed is unmade.

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

5. What does Faust want people to look to for inspiration?
(a) Art.
(b) The future.
(c) The mountains.
(d) Books.

6. What does the doctor think about Billy in "Projection"?
(a) Billy is angry.
(b) Billy is sad.
(c) Billy is dying.
(d) Billy is normal.

7. What does Faust want people to ignore to gain inspiration?
(a) The past.
(b) The future.
(c) Books.
(d) The lakes.

8. What is the name of the bird couple in "Soaring"?
(a) Mr. and Mrs. Robin.
(b) Mr. and Mrs. Bird.
(c) Mr. and Mrs. Canary.
(d) Mr. and Mrs. Hex.

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

10. How does the other animal in "Round in Circles", react to the moth's advice?
(a) He ignores it.
(b) He covers his ears and sings "lalala!"
(c) He takes it.
(d) He shouts "Tais-toi!"

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

12. What, according to Oedipus, has external knowledge buried?
(a) Acceptance of nature.
(b) Art.
(c) Literature.
(d) Religion.

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

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

15. What does baby bird hope to do to himself by punishing his parents?
(a) Choke on a worm.
(b) Injure himself.
(c) Find a girlfriend.
(d) Fly.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Interlude, what does Oedipus think will happen if people follow Cassandra's line of thinking?

2. What does baby bird leave forever at the end of "Soaring"?

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

4. What does the man in "An American Holly" do out of frustration?

5. At the end of "Nervous Condition", how does John's wife attack him?

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