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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the start of their second session, what subject does Nietzsche want to avoid with Breuer?
(a) Breuer's lust.
(b) Money.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Mathilde.

2. In Nietzsche's letter to Peter Gast, what does he write about concerning his hospital stay?
(a) He dreads doing it.
(b) He is excited about it.
(c) He doesn't trust Breuer.
(d) He knows he needs medicine.

3. What does Max accuse Breuer of doing to Nietzsche?
(a) Trying to write a book about him.
(b) Trying to help Lou, not Nietzsche.
(c) Trying to punch holes in his philosophy.
(d) Trying to make money off his case.

4. Breuer believes that both he and Nietzsche are suffering from _____________.
(a) Migraines.
(b) Too much research.
(c) A lack of friends.
(d) An obsession.

5. After the second session, what does Lou give Breuer?
(a) Money.
(b) Letters from Nietzsche.
(c) More of Nietzsche's books.
(d) Food.

6. How did Breuer choose his life goals?
(a) His parents gave him goals.
(b) He made lists to organize ideas.
(c) He never made a conscious choice about them.
(d) He researched all possibilities.

7. Why is Breuer agitated the Friday night after Nietzsche leaves him?
(a) Nietzsche won't pay him money.
(b) Nietzsche hurt his feelings.
(c) Breuer wasted time on Nietzsche.
(d) Breuer did not get what he wanted.

8. How does Nietzsche behave toward Breuer as Breuer gets his heart under control?
(a) Angry.
(b) Reserved.
(c) Irritated.
(d) Grateful.

9. Where did Max and Breuer first meet?
(a) At church.
(b) In elementary school.
(c) In medical school.
(d) At a wedding.

10. Who is Herr Schlegel?
(a) A waiter.
(b) A military veteran.
(c) Another doctor.
(d) A movie director.

11. What does Breuer ask of Max the Friday after Nietzsche leaves him?
(a) For money.
(b) For counseling with his marital problems.
(c) For advice about Nietzsche.
(d) For help getting into school.

12. What tradition does the Breuer family hold with Mathilde's sister and their families?
(a) Thanksgiving breakfast.
(b) Christmas caroling.
(c) Friday evening supper.
(d) Birthday celebrations.

13. How does Breuer find Nietzsche at the guest house?
(a) In a drunken stupor.
(b) Sleeping and drooling.
(c) Agitated and thrashing.
(d) In a near comatose state.

14. After Lou storms out, what does Breuer try to get Nietzsche to open up about during the session?
(a) His academic struggles.
(b) His financial problems.
(c) The loss of his job.
(d) Lou Salome.

15. What does Nietzsche accuse Breuer of being after Nietzsche refuses the treatment plan Breuer designed for him?
(a) He is unknowledgeable and pushy.
(b) He is cruel and unkind.
(c) He is prideful and arrogant.
(d) He is wrong and stubborn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Breuer try to slip into the discussion during Nietzsche's first session with him?

2. As Nietzsche and Breuer walk through the cemetery, they start to doubt that the Bertha-obsession is rooted in ____________.

3. In the middle of the night following Breuer's conversation with Max, who pounds on Breuer's door?

4. According to Breuer's second session with Nietzsche, how does Breuer feel as an adult about his life's earlier goals?

5. What plan does Breuer propose to Nietzsche on the Monday morning following Nietzsche's illness?

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