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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. When was "Mourning and Its Relation to Manic-Depressive States" written?

2. When did an author write "Mourning and Melancholia"?

3. How much did the drug cost that Quintana was given to treat her sepsis?

4. How much did it cost in the late 1960's to fly from Los Angeles to San Francisco or Sacramento or San Jose for a round trip flight?

5. What color sorbet and napkins did Quintana have at her wedding?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Freud say about grief?

2. What did John do before he and Joan ate dinner the night of December 30?

3. What were the first words that Joan wrote after her husband's death?

4. What did Melanie Klein say about grief?

5. Where did Joan and John walk together during their morning walks?

6. How did friends and relatives help Joan in the first three weeks after John died?

7. Why did a woman that Joan worked with at "Vogue" have an abortion that was paid for by the attorney general's office?

8. What promise did Joan make to Quintana that she realized that she would not be able to keep and why?

9. Why was John depressed in 2003?

10. Why were Joan and John evicted from their house on the Palos Verdes Peninsula?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

After Quintana's release from the hospital and when she flew to California, Joan believed that she might be beginning a new season of life. Discuss why Joan believed she was entering a new season of life and why that season was short-lived. Support your statements with quotes from the book.

Essay Topic 2

When Joan flew to Los Angeles to be with Quintana, she knew that Los Angeles had the potential for triggering the vortex effect. Discuss why Los Angeles was the most likely place to trigger the vortex effect and how Joan avoided triggering this effect when in the city. Define the vortext effect and use s

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast why some people have difficulty authorizing autopsies and why Joan did not struggle with approving an autopsy. Give examples of Joan's experience from the book.

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