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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Health Resort, Section 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. It's 1929, and an opera singer named Frau Elisabeth (Lisa) Erdman is traveling from Vienna to what city to perform in a show?
(a) Moscow.
(b) Kiev.
(c) London.
(d) Milan.

2. Lisa is merely filling in for the master soprano at what theatre?
(a) L'Orlando.
(b) La Cecchetti.
(c) La Scala.
(d) La Garafano.

3. Though "The Gastein Journal" is written in third-person prose rather than first-person poetry, it tells essentially the same story as what?
(a) "Rigoletto."
(b) "La Boheme."
(c) "Don Giovanni."
(d) "Madame Butterfly."

4. Why does the woman continue to question the soldier?
(a) She finds him very attractive and loves the sound of his voice.
(b) To distract herself from the visions she is having of him in his coffin.
(c) She is very interested in knowing as much as she can about the soldier.
(d) She is fascinated with war and wants to know details of his battles.

5. How does Vera Serebryakova break her arm?
(a) She trips leaving her flat.
(b) Her arm becomes caught in an automobile door.
(c) She slips on the icy street.
(d) Falling down the steps in La Scala.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Lisa no longer believe in the resurrection?

2. Why does Freud say the woman is a cello player?

3. What does the couple do when the weather improves?

4. In the wake of the woman's mother's death, why does her father leave her to her nurse and governess?

5. Why is Lisa nervous about her performance?

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