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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. 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) Moscow.
(b) London.
(c) Kiev.
(d) Milan.

2. Why do Lisa and Victor take a trip on a passenger ship?
(a) For a family vacation.
(b) For a honeymoon.
(c) To allow Kolya time to adjust to his new mother.
(d) To escape the Germans.

3. According to Freud, why does the woman marry?
(a) She is lonely.
(b) She needs someone to provide for her.
(c) She wants a husband and children.
(d) In a desperate attempt to prove herself normal.

4. Why does Lisa ignore her desires?
(a) She wants to be more responsible.
(b) It is more peaceful.
(c) She can better concentrate.
(d) Her singing is much improved.

5. What is the only way to tell the woman's mother and aunt apart?
(a) They have different hairstyles.
(b) One is taller than the other.
(c) One has a mole on her cheek and one does not.
(d) One wears a cross and one does not.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Freud threaten to quit the woman's therapy?

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

4. When does Lisa realize that it is the same place and she is the same person, though both have aged 40 years?

5. What is a clue to what is really harming the woman?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has happened to Kolya's father?

2. How does Kolya respond to Lisa?

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

4. What are the similarities and differences between Lisa's train ride to the woman's?

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

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

7. How does Lisa feel in Kiev? Why?

8. Describe the interaction between Lisa and her mother.

9. What is happening to Lisa's desires?

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

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