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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Health Resort, Section 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Freud immediately relates what two disasters in the woman's life to her hallucinations?
(a) Her entrapment in a burning building, and a terrible storm that flooded her home.
(b) An automobile fire that traps her sister, and a terrible storm when she is at sea.
(c) A fire that kills her black cat, and a terrible storm that leaves her stranded in her home.
(d) Her mother dying in a fire, and the maid telling her about her mother's death on the night of a terrible storm.

2. On the second night at the hotel a storm comes. What happens?
(a) The hotel loses power.
(b) The man and woman leave.
(c) The hotel collapses.
(d) A large rock flies through the couple's window.

3. Why is the woman's mother estranged from her family?
(a) She has an argument with her father.
(b) She marries a Polish Catholic.
(c) She has never gotten along with her mother.
(d) She marries a Russian Jew.

4. Why is Victor somewhat sad about the birth of his child?
(a) His first wife and their son died during a war.
(b) He knows fatherhood is a difficult job.
(c) He is not sure if he wants children.
(d) He worries about the health of his child.

5. Why is Lisa nervous about her performance?
(a) She has not performed in several years.
(b) She feels too old to sing the part of a young girl.
(c) She has never performed at La Scala.
(d) The audience will include members of the Italian government.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lisa is merely filling in for the master soprano at what theatre?

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. Why does Freud say the woman is a cello player?

4. When does Lisa no longer believe in the resurrection?

5. Where is the woman when she sits next to a young soldier?

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