2. 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.

3. Who warns the lamb about her friends' advice?
(a) The farmer.
(b) A member of the forest community.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her father.

4. Who is Oedipus?
(a) A man who kills his father.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A bar keeper.
(d) A painter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What image do baby bird's parents want to project in "Soaring"?

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

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

4. What lessons do the morals in Part 2 encourage?

5. How does baby bird feel towards his parents in "Soaring"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What finally convinces baby bird to leave the nest?

3. How does Edwin H. Friedman feel towards his publishers and editors and why?

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

5. How does the man's attitude in "An American Holly" change from beginning to end?

6. What does the line "the essential difficulty in trying to communicate with another is how to get past the interference of the resistance demons who inhabit that other" mean?

7. What does Cassandra offer to the debate between Faust and Oedipus?

8. Why does the man on the rope in "The Bridge" think the first man is being selfish?

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

10. What does Oedipus argue is the best way for humans to find truth?

(see the answer keys)

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