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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 does Freud tell Ferenczi, regarding the girl's writings?
(a) They are the most interesting he has studied.
(b) She gave birth to them.
(c) She needs to be institutionalized.
(d) They are psychotic.

2. What does the Major say about the crowding on the yacht?
(a) He loves crowds and is sad so many guests were killed.
(b) He is somewhat annoyed by the crowd but is sad so many were lost in the disasters.
(c) He enjoys meeting others, so he loves the crowd.
(d) He does not think the flood got rid of enough people.

3. Who sings to the woman?
(a) Whales.
(b) The man.
(c) The Professor.
(d) The storm.

4. Why does Freud give these writings away?
(a) As a parting gift for Sachs' travels.
(b) As a way to forget Gisela.
(c) As a warning to her father.
(d) As a birthday gift.

5. What can the young man not stop doing?
(a) Watching the hotel guests dive out of the windows.
(b) Talking about his father.
(c) Eating.
(d) Touching the young woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. The baker's wife writes that she lost her mother in the fire but is trying to stay cheerful. Why?

2. What rumor does a retired couple pass on?

3. That night, who begins to produce milk?

4. Why does the nun come to the spring?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Ferenczi fear Gisela does not want to marry him?

3. What destruction does the storm cause?

4. Describe the corsetiere, the priest, and the chef.

5. Why has the Japanese maid been crying?

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

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

8. Describe the guests' falls from the broken cable car.

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

10. Name two other strange stories that the guests tell.

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