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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. On his way home after his first office visit with Lou Salome, whom does Breuer see walking in the rain?

2. When Nietzsche first arrives at Breuer's office, what do the two men discuss first?

3. What does Mathilde direct Freud to do when he arrives at her home?

4. Why is Josef Breuer in Venice?

5. After Nietzsche asks his three questions, what do Nietzsche and Breuer debate?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is foreshadowed by Josef's admittance that he had an affair with a patient?

2. What is Freud's relationship with Josef's family?

3. What contributes to Nietzsche being a difficult patient?

4. How does Nietzsche's resignation at Basel indirectly characterize him?

5. Why would Nietzsche write books that he allows his publisher to hide?

6. Why might Lou include information about Elisabeth to Dr. Breuer?

7. How does Breuer's relationship with Bertha immediately bring a conflict to the story?

8. How does Breuer's patient list characterize him?

9. What is ironic about Freud's relationship with the Breuers?

10. What does Nietzsche's exclamation "hope is the final evil" explain about him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Is the ending of the novel, with Breuer's transformation, realistic? Why?

Essay Topic 2

How does Nietzsche's obsession with Lou Salome parallel Breuer's obsession with Bertha?

Essay Topic 3

What is the overall theme of this novel? Why?

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