View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Victor somewhat sad about the birth of his child?

2. To what does Freud relate the woman's history?

3. Why does Lyons suggest Lisa should work as a nurse?

4. When does Lisa realize that it is the same place and she is the same person, though both have aged 40 years?

5. Why is the woman afraid to have children?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lisa feel in Kiev? Why?

2. What do the soldiers do to Lisa when they realize she is alive?

3. Describe an anecdote Freud shares in the case study.

4. What is the connection between the corsetiere, Madame Cottin and Madame R.?

5. How do those waiting in line feel? Why are they waiting?

6. How is this chapter different from the previous chapter?

7. What is happening to Lisa's desires?

8. Describe the interaction between Lisa and her mother.

9. What does the memory of Anna's aunt trigger?

10. About what tragic events does Lisa learn?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lisa's mother and uncle have an affair.

Part 1) Why does she not realize this, at first?

Part 2) When does she realize they are having an affair?

Part 3) How does learning about this affair help Lisa learn information about her mother's death?

Essay Topic 2

Lisa suffers physical pain, as well as hallucinations.

Part 1) Where is her pain located?

Part 2) How does Freud explain this pain?

Part 3) What does this pain foreshadow?

Essay Topic 3

Madame Cottin, the Japanese maid, and others fall to their deaths from a broken cable car.

Part 1) Why does this sexually excite the man?

Part 2) Why does Madame Cottin feel free as she falls?

Part 3) What might be the author's purpose for using a cable car as the vehicle of death?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,180 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample