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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. Where do the man and woman take a walk?

2. What does the couple do when the weather improves?

3. The baker's wife writes that she lost her mother in the fire but is trying to stay cheerful. Why?

4. Who does the Japanese maid describe?

5. Who does an old nurse describe?

Short Essay Questions

1. The couple returns to their room filled with desire. Who do they bring with them?

2. Name two other strange stories that the guests tell.

3. Describe the corsetiere, the priest, and the chef.

4. What do the people on the yacht do?

5. What do the guests find to be odd about the hotel?

6. Why are the young woman's writings intriguing to Freud?

7. Describe the post cards that tell of more general events.

8. Describe the guests' falls from the broken cable car.

9. Why does Lionheart believe it is best for everyone to discuss the unusual events at the hotel?

10. What happens when the couple returns to the dining room?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Much of the language in the woman's writings is vulgar, yet sophisticated.

Part 1) What is vulgar about her writings?

Part 2) What makes her writings so sophisticated?

Part 3) Why is her work so shocking and unusual?

Essay Topic 2

Chapter One begins with the description of a dream that is later expanded.

Part 1) What is this dream?

Part 2) What is the purpose of the dream in relationship to the rest of the story?

Part 3) What does this dream foreshadow?

Essay Topic 3

Madame Cottin, the Japanese maid, and others fall to their deaths from a broken cable car.

Part 1) Why does this sexually excite the man?

Part 2) Why does Madame Cottin feel free as she falls?

Part 3) What might be the author's purpose for using a cable car as the vehicle of death?

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