View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the couple celebrate?

2. Why is the Japanese maid crying?

3. Why is the woman at the beginning of the chapter running through the forest?

4. The couple looks at photographs of the soldier's family, and while the woman is drawn to Freud, about whom does the soldier seem concerned?

5. What do the postcards from guests at the hotel describe?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the couple decide to do after an unknown number of days?

3. Over what do the woman and man argue?

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

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

6. What happens after the woman begins to produce milk?

7. Why has the Japanese maid been crying?

8. What does the secretary admit to seeing?

9. Who does the woman address in the final section? What does she say?

10. How does the chapter begin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

This book opens with a series of letters.

Part 1) Describe these letters' authors and receivers.

Part 2) Describe the contents of the letters.

Part 3) What is the purpose of these letters?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Lisa has the ability to predict the future.

Part 1) Give two examples from the book of accurate predictions.

Part 2) What is the connection between her obsessions with sex, death, and pregnancy and real life events?

Part 3) Does Freud believe she can predict the future? Why or why not?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 802 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample