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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What image do baby bird's parents want to project in "Soaring"?
2. What does the man in ""An American Holly" promise to do after he returns from a trip with his family?
3. When, in "Projection", do Billy's parents decide to take him to a doctor?
4. What lessons do the morals in Part 2 encourage?
5. What challenge did Edwin H. Friedman face in writing his fables?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do Faust and Oedipus debate in the Interlude?
2. Why is baby bird rebelling against his parents and how does he rebel?
3. Why are Billy's parents afraid of him in the story "Projection"?
4. Why does Billy act the way he does in "Projection" and why is he frustrated with his parents?
5. What is the significance of the man crossing the bridge in the story of the "The Bridge"?
6. Describe the end of "Soaring".
7. What does Edwin H. Friedman mean by "The Failure of Syntax"?
8. What does Faust argue is the best way for humans to find truth?
9. 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?
10. What do the birds in "Soaring" believe is their greatest accomplishment?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Cinderella's stepmom's story demonstrate the theme of identity? Compare the theme of identity in this story to one other story in the collection.
Essay Topic 2
What role do animals play in the author's stories? Define anthropomorphism and choose two stories where this is used. Why does the author choose to use animals as characters?
Essay Topic 3
How does the umbilical cord relate to Edwin Friedman's themes of intimacy? What does the man's discomfort with the island inhabitants say about his issues with intimacy?
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