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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 does Bolotnikov-Leskov, a politician, say the whales could have been "called" by Madame Cottin?

2. With whom does the couple fall in love?

3. Why do the man and woman switch trains?

4. What are falling in the form of snow?

5. When does the couple stop arguing?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does the woman describe? What accompanies her intense images?

7. From whom are the letters?

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

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

10. Why has the Japanese maid been crying?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Madame Cottin, the Japanese maid, and others fall to their deaths from a broken cable car.

Part 1) Why does this sexually excite the man?

Part 2) Why does Madame Cottin feel free as she falls?

Part 3) What might be the author's purpose for using a cable car as the vehicle of death?

Essay Topic 2

Much of the language in the woman's writings is vulgar, yet sophisticated.

Part 1) What is vulgar about her writings?

Part 2) What makes her writings so sophisticated?

Part 3) Why is her work so shocking and unusual?

Essay Topic 3

Lisa has the ability to predict the future.

Part 1) Give two examples from the book of accurate predictions.

Part 2) What is the connection between her obsessions with sex, death, and pregnancy and real life events?

Part 3) Does Freud believe she can predict the future? Why or why not?

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