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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Gastein Journal, Section 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the woman ask the maid for some toiletries?
(a) She would like a comb.
(b) She is menstruating.
(c) She needs soap.
(d) She wants a toothbrush.

2. How is the young woman before her illness?
(a) Outgoing, energetic and very sociable.
(b) A respectable, shy woman, who had been a gifted musician.
(c) She worked as a schoolmistress.
(d) She had been a courtesan.

3. What is being held outside?
(a) A celebration for those who survived the flood and fire.
(b) A boat party.
(c) A barbecue.
(d) A funeral for those who died in the flood and fire.

4. Why can the dreamer not escape?
(a) She is chained to the floor.
(b) The dream will not end.
(c) The trap door cannot be opened.
(d) The room is black and she cannot see.

5. To what does the woman compare the wind and lightning?
(a) To the apocalypse.
(b) To the beginning of time.
(c) To the intensity of sex with the man.
(d) A tornado.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first to drink from the breast?

2. How is the language in this section?

3. One night as the woman and man are having sex, what are they watching fall into the lake?

4. Where does the man take a woman, the poet?

5. Why does the hotel let in a young woman?

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