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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. At the end of "The Power of Belief", what does the dead man claim?
(a) He is breathing.
(b) Dead men bleed.
(c) He is rich.
(d) He is alive.

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

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the man in "An American Holly" move the plant?

2. When baby bird enacts his punishment upon his parents, what happens?

3. How many children do the birds in "Soaring" have?

4. How does baby bird feel at the end of "Soaring"?

5. What do the lamb's friends say about her fear?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Billy act the way he does in "Projection" and why is he frustrated with his parents?

2. What is the significance of the man crossing the bridge in the story of the "The Bridge"?

3. What is the conclusion of the report in "Raising Cain: A Case History of the First Family"?

4. Why are Billy's parents afraid of him in the story "Projection"?

5. What advice does the moth give the fly in "Round in Circles"? Why should the moth follow his own advice?

6. How does the man in "An American Holly" treat his holly plant?

7. What is Edwin H. Friedman's relationship to his characters?

8. What do Faust and Oedipus debate in the Interlude?

9. How are the characters of Faust and Oedipus similar?

10. What does Edwin H. Friedman mean by "The Failure of Syntax"?

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