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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What method does Freud tell Breuer to use for persuading Nietzsche to pursue treatment?
(a) Use reverse psychology.
(b) Use threats.
(c) Use Nietzsche's own words.
(d) Use the legal system.

2. After Breuer's first office visit with Lou Salome, whom does he travel to visit?
(a) Bertha.
(b) Nietzsche.
(c) Eva.
(d) Seven patients.

3. What kind of "voice" does Breuer think Nietzsche's books have?
(a) Nice but firm.
(b) Anything but soft.
(c) Calm and soothing.
(d) Confusing and misleading.

4. What does Breuer think of Nietzsche's philosophies?
(a) Strange and arresting.
(b) Insightful, yet cruel.
(c) Shallow and mean.
(d) Narrow and biased.

5. Why did Nietzsche have to resign as a professor?
(a) Illness.
(b) Fatigue.
(c) Refusal to publish.
(d) Lack of research.

6. Where do Josef and Lou have their second meeting?
(a) A restaurant.
(b) A pastry shop.
(c) Josef's office.
(d) The hospital.

7. How does Breuer view Freud in relation to himself?
(a) Breuer thinks Freud is more religious than he.
(b) Breuer believes that Freud has more charisma than he.
(c) Breuer emphasizes that Freud has more skill and devotion than he.
(d) Breuer describes Freud as himself ten or eleven years ago.

8. How does Josef feel concerning Freud's role in his marriage?
(a) Josef is jealous of Freud's counseling abilities.
(b) Josef thinks Freud gives poor advice.
(c) Josef worries Mathilde is falling in love with Freud.
(d) Josef feels bad that Freud is the confidant.

9. When Nietzsche arrives at Breuer's office for the first time, how does he appear?
(a) Organized and put-together.
(b) Messy and unkept.
(c) Strong, firm, and decisive.
(d) Pale, cold,and weak.

10. What does Mathilde direct Josef to do when he arrives at her home?
(a) Make dinner.
(b) Take out the compost pile.
(c) Read to the children.
(d) Lie down and rest.

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

12. What is Josef's relationship with Bertha?
(a) Bertha is Josef's first wife.
(b) Bertha is Josef's friend's wife.
(c) Bertha is a patient Josef has slept with.
(d) Bertha is Josef's sister.

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

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

15. After Nietzsche and Breuer's initial meeting, why does Breuer become upset about Bertha?
(a) He wants Bertha to be happy with Nietzsche.
(b) He's worried about the bad news about Bertha.
(c) He thinks that Nietzsche will use the situation with Bertha against him.
(d) He feels ravaged by his obsession with Bertha.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has Nietzsche previously had a professorship?

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

3. Why is Josef Breuer in Venice?

4. What does Breuer wonder about concerning Mathilde?

5. What kind of physicians has Nietzsche previously seen?

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