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"The White Hotel" Quiz

This is an easy quiz concerning "The White Hotel", a strange and intriguing novel by D.M. Thomas. If you have read it once, you should breeze through this quiz.

A multiple-choice quiz by wrapedinplastic. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
wrapedinplastic

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
120,278

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
129

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Where does the title, "The White Hotel" appear in the book? Hint

It is a place the main character visits in her fantasies

It is where the entire book takes place

It never appears in the book

The White Hotel is where the main character works

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Question 2 of 10

2. "The White Hotel" was written with the theories of a certain type of psychology in mind. What type of psychology is this? Hint

Freudian

Maslowian

Jungian

Piagetian

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Question 3 of 10

3. Elizabeth Erdman writes a fantasy that focuses on one particular man. Who is this man? Hint

someone completely imaginary

her brother

her psychologist's son

her father

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Question 4 of 10

4. What is Elizabeth's occupation? Hint

corsetier

instrumentalist

opera singer

prostitute

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Question 5 of 10

5. In a published account about Frau Elizabeth, she was renamed Anna to keep her true identity safe. Anna was also the name of her psychologist's_______? Hint

mother

cat

wife

daughter

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Question 6 of 10

6. Elizabeth complained of pains in her_______? Hint

breast and stomach

ovary and breast

abdomen and ovary

shoulder and stomach

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Question 7 of 10

7. When she was young, Elizabeth wanted to become a ballerina, and took lessons for a while. What stopped Elizabeth from continuing lessons? Hint

Elizabeth's father

a pregnancy

she could no longer afford lessons

her figure was not fit for ballet

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Question 8 of 10

8. What did Elizabeth do whenever she lied? Hint

covered her mouth

looked around the room

twirled her hair

fumbled with her cross

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which of these is a conclusion that Elizabeth's psychologist made about her? Hint

she is stupid

she is transgendered

she is homosexual

she has manic depression

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which of these is unusual about "The White Hotel"? Hint

There is no punctuation used at all.

It completely changes perspective in each section.

The whole thing is set in a dream.

All of the characters are ghosts.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Where does the title, "The White Hotel" appear in the book?

Answer: It is a place the main character visits in her fantasies

The White Hotel, in Elizabeth's fantasies, could be a metaphor for the womb, amongst other things.

2. "The White Hotel" was written with the theories of a certain type of psychology in mind. What type of psychology is this?

Answer: Freudian

The book uses Freud as a main character and uses his idea of the interpretation of dreams.

3. Elizabeth Erdman writes a fantasy that focuses on one particular man. Who is this man?

Answer: her psychologist's son

Elizabeth fantasizes about Freud's son, whom she has met only once.

4. What is Elizabeth's occupation?

Answer: opera singer

Elizabeth was a talented opera singer, although she never gained much fame. Freud described her as an instrumentalist in his account of her to protect her identity.

5. In a published account about Frau Elizabeth, she was renamed Anna to keep her true identity safe. Anna was also the name of her psychologist's_______?

Answer: daughter

Freud also had another daughter, Sophie, who died at age twenty-six.

6. Elizabeth complained of pains in her_______?

Answer: ovary and breast

These pains are what orignially caused Elizabeth to see a psychologist.

7. When she was young, Elizabeth wanted to become a ballerina, and took lessons for a while. What stopped Elizabeth from continuing lessons?

Answer: a pregnancy

Elizabeth told Freud that that she had to quit ballet because she was becoming a woman and gaining too much weight. Freud could always tell when she was lying and dragged the truth out of her finally.

8. What did Elizabeth do whenever she lied?

Answer: fumbled with her cross

Without this habit, Elizabeth might have not been able to make so many psychological breakthroughs.

9. Which of these is a conclusion that Elizabeth's psychologist made about her?

Answer: she is homosexual

Although this is a difficult conclusion for the reader to see, this is the one that Freud makes.

10. Which of these is unusual about "The White Hotel"?

Answer: It completely changes perspective in each section.

"The White Hotel" changes pace frequently. It starts off as a collection of writings, then goes into a journal, and then into an account by Freud. It keeps changing throughout the book.

Source: Author wrapedinplastic

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