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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. Why is the woman at the beginning of the chapter running through the forest?

2. One day, where does the chef appear?

3. What does the woman begin to do after being at the hotel for several days?

4. What does the woman dream she is?

5. Why does the woman continue to question the soldier?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does one know with what the woman is obsessed?

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. What do the people on the yacht do?

5. What is known about the young woman?

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

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

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

9. From whom are the letters?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Freud is inspired to research the Death Drive.

Part 1) What is the Death Drive?

Part 2) What does this research foreshadow?

Part 3) What is the relationship between the woman and the Death Drive?

Essay Topic 2

Lisa receives letters regarding the deaths of two people close to her.

Part 1) Who are these two people?

Part 2) What events surround their deaths?

Part 3) How is Lisa affected by these deaths?

Essay Topic 3

Lisa suffers physical pain, as well as hallucinations.

Part 1) Where is her pain located?

Part 2) How does Freud explain this pain?

Part 3) What does this pain foreshadow?

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