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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. Who does the man in "The Power of Belief" see in order to fix him?

2. What does the man in "The Power of Belief," try to convince people of?

3. How does the moth try to help the other animal in "Round in Circles"?

4. Why does baby bird never return home at the end of "Soaring"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the common moral in "An American Holly" and "The Power of Belief"?

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

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

7. How does the main character of "The Power of Belief" demonstrate the title?

8. How does the interlude end?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the significance of Oedipus running home to call his mother at the end of the interlude? How does this play into the idea of prophecy?

Essay Topic 2

What do you believe Edwin Friedman means when he writes "It's in the interpretation," he says. "It's all in the interpretation". Does this remove responsibility from the writer when creating a story? How so?

Essay Topic 3

How does the setting effect the reader's experience of the story? Does it matter that the story is set in another country or a magical place? Describe the setting of the story of you choice and explain how it is intertwined with the plot.

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