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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. Where do the man and woman go after she is awake?
(a) To breakfast.
(b) Home.
(c) To the lake.
(d) To the balcony.

2. The couple looks at photographs of the soldier's family, and while the woman is drawn to Freud, about whom does the soldier seem concerned?
(a) His older brother.
(b) The woman.
(c) His mother.
(d) His little sister.

3. The first letter, written September 8, 1909, is from Sandor Ferenczi to whom?
(a) Don Giovanni.
(b) Sigmund Freud.
(c) His lover, Gisela.
(d) Her Kuhn.

4. Why are the man and woman embarrassed when a nun comes across them?
(a) They are swimming nude in the river.
(b) They had been talking about her.
(c) They are having sex by a stream.
(d) They had been saying horrible things about the Catholic church.

5. Who does Freud lose?
(a) His mother.
(b) His daughter.
(c) His best friend.
(d) His mind.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do other hotel guests drown?

2. What is no one is able to explain?

3. Who sings to the woman?

4. What rumor does a retired couple pass on?

5. Who does the woman say dies while they are at the hotel?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What do the guests do that are in the burning building?

4. What does the secretary admit to seeing?

5. Why has the Japanese maid been crying?

6. Describe two of the post cards, regarding the fire.

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

8. What takes place between the man and the woman?

9. Who interrupts the couple by the stream? What does this character tell them?

10. The couple returns to their room filled with desire. Who do they bring with them?

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