2. According to Faust, what is external, objective knowledge good for?
(a) Getting into college.
(b) Reading a map.
(c) Writing a book.
(d) Finding the truth.

3. What is the other animal in "Round in Circles" trying to get out of?
(a) A cage.
(b) A window.
(c) A pond.
(d) A bag.

4. What does the man in "The Power of Belief," try to convince people of?
(a) He is wealthy.
(b) He is dead.
(c) He is smart.
(d) He is a horse.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Oedipus?

2. What happens to the moth at the end of "Round in Circles"?

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

4. What does the man in ""An American Holly" promise to do after he returns from a trip with his family?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is baby bird rebelling against his parents and how does he rebel?

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

4. What do the birds in "Soaring" believe is their greatest accomplishment?

5. 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?

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

7. What does Faust argue is the best way for humans to find truth?

8. Describe the end of "Soaring".

9. What does the report in "Raising Cain: A Case History of the First Family" study?

10. Why is the lamb afraid of the tiger in "The Friendly Forest"? What is her friend's advice?

(see the answer keys)

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