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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. How does the news of the serial killer D'sseldorf affect Lisa?

2. What scars the woman's perfect memory of her mother?

3. Why do Lisa and Victor take a trip on a passenger ship?

4. What information does the letter contain that Lisa receives?

5. The writings, Freud says, allow the woman to do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe an anecdote Freud shares in the case study.

2. How does Anna feel about her writings?

3. What is the connection between the corsetiere, Madame Cottin and Madame R.?

4. What does Freud think about Ann's childhood? Why is questioning Anna difficult?

5. What does Anna admit about her husband?

6. What do the soldiers do to Lisa when they realize she is alive?

7. How does Lisa feel in Kiev? Why?

8. Describe Vera Serebryokova?

9. How is Anna when she returns from Gastein?

10. How is this chapter different from the previous chapter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The camp is a vision of the afterlife.

Part 1) Who is in this afterlife with Lisa?

Part 2) How would you envision the afterlife?

Part 3) Compare and contrast your vision of the afterlife with the vision of the afterlife in the book.

Essay Topic 2

There are many symbols used in this book.

Part 1) Name two symbols used in this book.

Part 2) Describe the passages in which the symbols are discussed.

Part 3) What is the significance of these symbols?

Essay Topic 3

Both Lisa and Kolya are killed at Bal Yari.

Part 1) How do the Germans convince the Jews to leave their homes?

Part 2) Lisa, who is not a Jew, still goes. Why?

Part 3) How does Lisa try to save both herself and Kolya? Why is she unsuccessful?

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