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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the woman wakes up in the hotel room, why is she relieved?

2. What does the couple discover are falling from a broken cable car high above the mountains?

3. About what does a lawyer complain?

4. Why does Freud give these writings away?

5. What are these girl's writings inspiring Freud to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Lionheart believe it is best for everyone to discuss the unusual events at the hotel?

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

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

5. Over what do the woman and man argue?

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

7. Describe the woman and man. Where are they headed?

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

9. How does the chapter begin?

10. What happens when the woman dreams she is a figurehead?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The woman is obsessed.

Part 1) With what?

Part 2) Why does she have this obsession?

Part 3) Provide evidence for both her obsession and the reasons for this obsession.

Essay Topic 2

Lisa has suffered from two traumatic events in her childhood that lead to two events in her hallucination.

Part 1) What are these two events?

Part 2) What connection do these events have with her hallucination?

Part 3) How does she resolve this trauma by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 3

Lisa finds harmony and reconciliation at the camp.

Part 1) What kind of religious harmony?

Part 2) With whom does she reconcile?

Part 3) With what aspect of herself does she reconcile?

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