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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 the German officer tell the police officer to kill everyone on the hillside?

2. It's 1929, and an opera singer named Frau Elisabeth (Lisa) Erdman is traveling from Vienna to what city to perform in a show?

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

4. Lisa admits her sexual hang ups are connected to what?

5. Freud asks those who read the woman's writings to realize what about the women in the hotel?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Anna admit about her husband?

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

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

6. How does Lisa feel in Kiev? Why?

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

8. How does Anna feel about her writings?

9. Describe the interaction between Lisa and her mother.

10. What has happened to Kolya's father?

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 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 3

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?

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