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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 write is not sufficient to explain the woman's severe hysteria, so he knows she is hiding something deeper?

2. Why do the men force Lisa to perform oral sex on them?

3. Why is the woman afraid to have children?

4. How does Vera Serebryakova break her arm?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Anna admit about her husband?

2. How does Kolya respond to Lisa?

3. How is Anna when she returns from Gastein?

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

5. Describe the interaction between Lisa and her mother.

6. How does Lisa feel in Kiev? Why?

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

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

9. What does Freud say about "Done Giovanni" and "The Gastein Journal?"

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lisa becomes close friends with Vera.

Part 1) Describe Vera.

Part 2) What are the circumstances under which Lisa meets Vera?

Part 3) What events significantly impact Vera's life? How?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Chapter One begins with the description of a dream that is later expanded.

Part 1) What is this dream?

Part 2) What is the purpose of the dream in relationship to the rest of the story?

Part 3) What does this dream foreshadow?

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