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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Gastein Journal, Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When do the shooting stars appear?
(a) Right before the storm begins.
(b) In the middle of the storm.
(c) When the woman is particularly ecstatic.
(d) At the end of the storm.

2. What does an opera singer tell her family?
(a) She is resting in the mountains.
(b) She is injured during the fire.
(c) She will be home very soon.
(d) She is having a horrible time.

3. How do the young man and woman react to the destruction?
(a) They try to help save the other hotel guests.
(b) They are practically oblivious.
(c) They call for help.
(d) They watch in awe at the destruction.

4. With what is the woman obsessed?
(a) Freud.
(b) The white hotel.
(c) Sex and death.
(d) Natural disasters.

5. Why does the nun tell them to continue unembarrassed?
(a) They are married.
(b) The human body is God's creation.
(c) The steam removes all sin.
(d) She does not mind others talking about her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Major say about the crowding on the yacht?

2. What happens to those outside the hotel?

3. What does the couple discover are falling from a broken cable car high above the mountains?

4. What does the mistress of a salesman assume is the cause of the fire?

5. How does a pastor comfort himself?

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