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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How does Lionheart reply to Vogel?
(a) To create a militia is the best way to keep everyone safe.
(b) It is best for everyone's safety if they realize that things are not quite right at the white hotel.
(c) He feels most comfortable in his army fatigues and has no desire to change his attire.
(d) He needs to get his sleep, and he is tired of hearing the mourners' cries.

4. The couple ventures down the mountain a ways, and then where do they stop?
(a) At a small platform with a telescope.
(b) In a peaceful ravine.
(c) At a picnic table.
(d) At a fork in the road.

5. One day, where does the chef appear?
(a) Outside the couple's window.
(b) In the parlor.
(c) On the mountain.
(d) In the lake.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why do the man and woman switch trains?

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

4. With whom does the couple fall in love?

5. How does a pastor comfort himself?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the milk mean to the various characters?

2. Who does the woman address in the final section? What does she say?

3. What is particularly shocking about the language? Why is it so shocking?

4. Why are the young woman's writings intriguing to Freud?

5. From whom are the letters?

6. From the mountain the man points out what he believes to be parachutists, but what does the couple discover?

7. What takes place between the woman and man on the train?

8. What do the guests find to be odd about the hotel?

9. What does the couple decide to do after an unknown number of days?

10. Describe two of the first post cards describing an afternoon on a yacht.

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