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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the Japanese maid describe?
(a) A "meteor shower couple."
(b) A "moon couple."
(c) A "falling star couple."
(d) A "sun couple."

2. Why do the women plummet to their death more slowly?
(a) They weigh less than the men.
(b) They hang on for dear life to the broken cable car.
(c) They are dropping from a higher altitude.
(d) They are held up by their skirts.

3. The baker's wife writes that she lost her mother in the fire but is trying to stay cheerful. Why?
(a) For the other guests.
(b) For her children.
(c) She did not care much for her mother.
(d) For her father.

4. What excites the man so much that they start having sex again?
(a) The corsetiere falls from the broken cable car.
(b) The woman takes off her clothes.
(c) The falling stars.
(d) He and the woman are safe.

5. Over what does a botanist mourn?
(a) His rare specimen of edelweiss.
(b) His unusual daisies.
(c) His dangerous poison ivy.
(d) His beautiful orchids.

6. What does the mistress of a salesman assume is the cause of the fire?
(a) A candle that had been knocked over.
(b) Faulty wiring.
(c) A sap-covered chimney.
(d) One of the maids smoking.

7. What happens while the man and woman are on the yacht?
(a) The other guests dive off of the yacht.
(b) One wing of the hotel catches fire.
(c) The yacht sinks.
(d) The yacht catches fire.

8. When the woman wakes up in the hotel room, why is she relieved?
(a) The man is there.
(b) Her mother has returned.
(c) The Professor has arrived.
(d) The room is warm and peaceful.

9. To what does Sachs compare the woman's fantasy?
(a) The mind of Salvador Dali.
(b) The writings of Andre Breton.
(c) Eden before the fall.
(d) The crucifixion.

10. Who does an old nurse describe?
(a) A young paralyzed couple that sits together on the yacht.
(b) The excellent service at the hotel.
(c) The black cat that is stranded in the pine tree.
(d) The delicious food prepared by the chef.

11. To what does the woman give birth?
(a) An alien.
(b) A boy.
(c) A wooden embryo.
(d) A girl.

12. What does the army major, Lionheart, announce?
(a) He is leaving the hotel, because it is too dangerous.
(b) A war has begun in Europe and many countries are involved.
(c) He is organizing a militia to protect the guests.
(d) He would like to meet with everyone in the billiard room to discuss something urgent.

13. Freud immediately relates what two disasters in the woman's life to her hallucinations?
(a) Her entrapment in a burning building, and a terrible storm that flooded her home.
(b) An automobile fire that traps her sister, and a terrible storm when she is at sea.
(c) A fire that kills her black cat, and a terrible storm that leaves her stranded in her home.
(d) Her mother dying in a fire, and the maid telling her about her mother's death on the night of a terrible storm.

14. Why does Freud say the woman is a cello player?
(a) Freud would like her to play the cello.
(b) Anna is a virtuoso on the cello.
(c) To represent her as a musician.
(d) To keep Anna's true identity hidden.

15. How does a pastor comfort himself?
(a) Knowing the dead will be raised.
(b) Jesus Christ suffered worse.
(c) He is a faithful Christian.
(d) The believers will go to heaven.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Lutheran pastor say he saw flying through the trees?

2. What does the man do to the woman's hair?

3. What does a watchmaker point out?

4. Why can Ferenczi not marry Gisela?

5. What happens to those outside the hotel?

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