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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the news of the serial killer D'sseldorf affect Lisa?
(a) She is tortured by thoughts of him and murdered children.
(b) She is excited about the life of a serial killer.
(c) She is afraid to leave her home.
(d) She fears falling asleep at night.

2. Why does Freud find the woman impenetrable?
(a) She believes she is healthy.
(b) She lies to him.
(c) He has still not found the source of her hysteria.
(d) She keeps important information from him.

3. What do they hear when they stop to eat?
(a) Bombs exploding.
(b) Sounds of machine gun fire.
(c) Screaming.
(d) Music.

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

5. It's 1929, and an opera singer named Frau Elisabeth (Lisa) Erdman is traveling from Vienna to what city to perform in a show?
(a) London.
(b) Milan.
(c) Kiev.
(d) Moscow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Freud want to do with Lisa's case study?

2. Why does Freud write that the woman must have homosexual tendencies?

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

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

5. Upon whom are the man and woman based?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Anna feel about her writings?

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

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

6. What is the connection between the corsetiere, Madame Cottin and Madame R.?

7. What is happening to Lisa's desires?

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

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

10. Describe Vera Serebryokova?

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