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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. How does the man treat his plant in the story "An American Holly"?
2. What does Faust want people to look to for inspiration?
3. Who is Faust?
4. According to Faust, what is external, objective knowledge good for?
5. Who does the man in "The Power of Belief" see in order to fix him?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is the lamb afraid of the tiger in "The Friendly Forest"? What is her friend's advice?
2. 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?
3. Why is baby bird rebelling against his parents and how does he rebel?
4. What do Faust and Oedipus debate in the Interlude?
5. How does the man in "An American Holly" treat his holly plant?
6. How does the doctor try to break the man's belief in "The Power of Belief"? What is the result of the attempt?
7. What does the report in "Raising Cain: A Case History of the First Family" study?
8. What does Faust argue is the best way for humans to find truth?
9. How does Edwin H. Friedman feel towards his publishers and editors and why?
10. What is the significance of the man crossing the bridge in the story of the "The Bridge"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the character of Ms. Muffet. Why is perfection so important to her and how does it lead to her demise? What is the moral of her story and how is her demise related to the moral?
Essay Topic 2
Define the term climax and decide where the point of climax is within the plot of one of the fables. Explain how the event fits the definition of climax and site examples from the book.
Essay Topic 3
What is the magic ring? This is the only reference to magic in Edwin Friedman's stories. What might this example of magic say about Friedman's beliefs on magic?
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