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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. What does Freud want to do with Lisa's case study?

2. How does Lisa lie to Kolya?

3. Lisa spots a woman they know. Who is this woman?

4. How does Kolya feel about his mother?

5. How does Lisa convince the soldier to believe she is a Jew?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Anna admit about her husband?

3. What has happened to Kolya's father?

4. How does Kolya respond to Lisa?

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

6. What does the memory of Anna's aunt trigger?

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

8. How do those waiting in line feel? Why are they waiting?

9. To what does Freud relate Anna's history?

10. What are the similarities and differences between Lisa's train ride to the woman's?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lisa never has children of her own.

Part 1) Who becomes her adopted child? Why?

Part 2) What is the relationship like between Lisa and this child?

Part 3) What does Lisa sacrifice for this child? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Lisa is preoccupied and obsessed with pregnancy.

Part 1) What images does the author use to portray this?

Part 2) Why is she preoccupied with pregnancy?

Part 3) How do her obsession with and premonitions about pregnancy come to fruition in her real life?

Essay Topic 3

Madame Cottin represents a woman in Lisa's life.

Part 1) Who does Madame Cottin symbolize?

Part 2) What are the similarities between Madame Cottin and the woman in Lisa's life?

Part 3) Madame Cottin, the man, and the woman are intimate. What is the significance of this?

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