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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. Why does the author give this story the title "Narcissus"?
(a) It shows scientists are narcissistic.
(b) It shows humans are narcissistic.
(c) Narcissus is the name of a flower.
(d) It shows politicians are narcissistic.

2. How does the stepmom react to Cinderella's father's interest in her?
(a) She is angry.
(b) She is confident.
(c) She is scared.
(d) She is surprised.

3. What do the men in "tradition" argue about?
(a) Their theories' limitations.
(b) Whose theory is best.
(c) God.
(d) The current government.

4. Why does the owner of the flower shop put the flower in "The Wallflower" behind all of the others?
(a) He wants to showcase the other flowers.
(b) So he can keep her.
(c) She is too ugly to be in the front.
(d) She smells bad.

5. What happens to the dominoes when the chain reaction is halted?
(a) They run away screaming.
(b) They look at each other and shrug.
(c) They fall down.
(d) They stand up.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the flower at the end of the story "The Wallflower"?

2. What type of writing is the first part of "Symbiosis"?

3. Who does Edwin H. Friedman claim are the "deadly serious creatures"?

4. Who comes out of the therapist's office in "Jean and Jane" ?

5. In "Attachment", how does the man arrive on the tropical island?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the flower at the end of "The Wallflower"?

2. Why do the island inhabitants in "Attachment" decide to change their ways after the shipwrecked man leaves?

3. What is the purpose of the screen in "Narcissus" and why does it fail?

4. How does Edwin H. Friedman compare humans to reptiles in the introduction to Part 4?

5. What document does Moses sign at the end of "Tradition" and how does he change it?

6. Why is the flower in the story "The Wallflower" constantly worried about her looks?

7. Why does the fish stop working in "Burnout"? What happens to her?

8. What does the line "something might evolve" at the end of "Symbiosis" mean?

9. What does Edwin H. Friedman suggest leads humans to be chained in the introduction to Part 3?

10. What is interesting about the character names in "Caught in Her Own Web"?

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