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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the discussion about Breuer's interest in Nietzsche's case, what does Breuer fail at trying to do?
(a) Calm Nietzsche.
(b) Drink water.
(c) Settle himself down.
(d) Take notes.

2. What is Nietzsche's second corrective behavior technique every time Breuer thinks of Bertha?
(a) Breuer is to pull his hair.
(b) Breuer is to slap his thigh.
(c) Breuer is to read a passage from the Hebrew Bible.
(d) Breuer is to put a pebble in his shoe and walk around with it all day when he thinks of Bertha.

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

4. According to Nietzsche's notes, how does he feel about his and Breuer's discussion during the second session?
(a) It is productive.
(b) It is a decent start.
(c) It is a lie.
(d) It is hurtful.

5. As Breuer tells Nietzsche during their second session, why is Breuer unhappy in his marriage?
(a) He married too young.
(b) They are in debt.
(c) Mathilde is cruel to him.
(d) The marriage was not his choice.

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

7. According to Breuer's second session with Nietzsche, how does Breuer feel as an adult about his life's earlier goals?
(a) He has easily succeeded at them.
(b) The goals were unrealistic.
(c) The goals were not his choice.
(d) He wasted time trying to achieve them.

8. After he is better, where does Nietzsche want to go?
(a) His parents' house.
(b) A cemetery.
(c) Rome.
(d) Basel.

9. According to Nietzsche, at whose expense is Breuer helping him?
(a) Mathilde.
(b) Breuer.
(c) Nietzsche.
(d) His children.

10. What does Nietzsche believe about Breuer's motivation to help him?
(a) Breuer only wants fame from treating Nietzsche.
(b) There is too much excitement from Breuer.
(c) Breuer only wants Nietzsche's money.
(d) There is something dishonest about Breuer's motivation.

11. On the Monday morning following his illness, when does Nietzsche plan to see Breuer again?
(a) When he is ill again.
(b) Later that night.
(c) In a month.
(d) Never.

12. The morning after Nietzsche reads a letter from Elisabeth, what does Mathilde express as a concern with Josef's professional life?
(a) She worries he belongs to wrong organizations.
(b) She worries he spends too much time with Nietzsche.
(c) She thinks he rents too many hospital rooms.
(d) She thinks he needs to continue his education.

13. Why does Herr Schlegel not want Nietzsche to die in the guest house?
(a) It would force him to deal with the police.
(b) It would cost him money.
(c) It would hurt his emotional health.
(d) It would be bad for business.

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

15. On his way home, Breuer meets Freud at the pastry shop and explains what situation to Freud?
(a) When he is going to visit Bertha.
(b) What Mathilde's latest antics are.
(c) Why he is leaving his job.
(d) How he and Nietzsche will be treating each other.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Breuer sees Nietzsche after his attack, how does Breuer believe he feels about helping Nietzsche?

2. Why does Breuer plan only to treat Nietzsche's body?

3. Who is Herr Schlegel?

4. What is Nietzsche's first reaction to Breuer's proposed plan?

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

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