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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 Freud not surprised that the woman has a relationship with someone like A.?

2. Why does Freud encourage the woman to follow up on her theory that her mother and uncle both die in the fire?

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

4. How does the woman appear when she returns from Gastein?

5. Why does Lyons suggest Lisa should work as a nurse?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Anna admit about her husband?

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

3. How is Anna when she returns from Gastein?

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

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

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

7. How does Anna feel about her writings?

8. How does Kolya respond to Lisa?

9. Describe the interaction between Lisa and her mother.

10. How does Freud relate Anna's troubles to his theory of the death instinct?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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?

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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