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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During their second meeting, what picture does Lou show Josef?
(a) Paul and Nietzsche standing and Lou in a cart holding a whip.
(b) Lou in a mock wedding with Nietzsche.
(c) Paul, Lou, and Nietzsche after their college graduation.
(d) Paul and Lou holding children.

2. What does Lou tell Josef about her friend Friedrich Nietzsche?
(a) Nietzsche has editors stealing from him.
(b) Nietzsche is full of promise and influence.
(c) Nietzsche needs help for his writing.
(d) Nietzsche is past his prime.

3. Why does Josef break off his conversation with Lou during their first meeting?
(a) Josef needs to go home to his wife.
(b) Josef was bored with Lou.
(c) Josef was ill.
(d) Josef had to see a patient.

4. What does Josef receive from Lou Salome while on vacation?
(a) A poem.
(b) A book.
(c) A phone call.
(d) A note.

5. Why can Josef not meet with Lou the next morning after their first meeting?
(a) Because of his wife.
(b) Because of his hospital rounds.
(c) Because of his children.
(d) Because of teaching duties.

6. According to Nietzsche, what has frustrated him about other physicians?
(a) Their disregard for his privacy.
(b) Their overpriced bills.
(c) Their lack of medical degrees.
(d) Their dishonesty.

7. On his way home after his first office visit with Lou Salome, whom does Breuer see walking in the rain?
(a) Eva.
(b) Mathilde.
(c) Nietzsche.
(d) Sigmund Freud.

8. What hurts Freud's chances of fulfilling his career?
(a) A lack of money.
(b) Laziness.
(c) Anti-Semite forces.
(d) His family's lack of connections.

9. What does Mathilde confide to Freud concerning her marriage?
(a) She has spoken to a divorce attorney.
(b) She is having an affair.
(c) Josef doesn't talk to her anymore.
(d) She fears Josef is dating again.

10. As Nietzsche starts to leave their first meeting, how does Breuer feel about their conversation?
(a) Rebuffed.
(b) Stressed.
(c) Happy.
(d) Confident.

11. Lou confides in Josef that she does not believe in what?
(a) Dieting.
(b) Exercise.
(c) Divorce.
(d) Marriage.

12. What do Breuer and Nietzsche later discuss during their first meeting?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) History.
(c) Politics.
(d) Economics.

13. Nietzsche tells Breuer that if he hadn't resigned as a professor, he is convinced what would have happened?
(a) He would have travelled and been happy.
(b) He would have settled down with a wife.
(c) He would have been driven away by those who didn't trust him.
(d) He would have been arrested.

14. What does Nietzsche believe is a physician's duty toward a patient?
(a) To provide written documentation for them.
(b) To gain trust before treatment begins.
(c) To give him examples of successful patients.
(d) To tell the absolute truth.

15. At what point is Freud in his medical studies in Chapter 3?
(a) He is still in training.
(b) He is a second year medical school.
(c) He has completed his medical studies.
(d) He is an undergraduate.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Breuer describe Nietzsche the first time he sees him which he did not expect?

2. What best describes Lou the first time Josef meets her?

3. After Breuer's first office visit with Lou Salome, whom does he travel to visit?

4. Where do Josef and Lou have their second meeting?

5. When Nietzsche arrives at Breuer's office for the first time, how does he appear?

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