The White Hotel | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Prologue

1. What do the fictional letters between Sigmund Freud, his colleagues, and their friends contain?

Unusual psychosexual writings of one of Freud's young patients.

2. The first letter, written September 8, 1909, is from Sandor Ferenczi to whom?

His lover, Gisela.

3. What does Freud have no trouble analyzing?

Ferenczi's dream, which is about Gisela.

4. Why can Ferenczi not marry Gisela?

She is already married.

5. Who does Freud lose?

His daughter.

6. What does Freud tell Ferenczi, regarding the girl's writings?

She gave birth to them.

7. What are these girl's writings inspiring Freud to do?

Examine the death instinct as well as sexual behavior.

8. To whom does Freud give the young woman's writings?

Sachs.

9. Why does Freud give these writings away?

As a parting gift for Sachs' travels.

10. How is the young woman before her illness?

A respectable, shy woman, who...
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