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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Nietzsche arrives to hear the answers for his three questions, what does Breuer tell him about his migraines?
(a) He can prescribe medicine for migraines.
(b) His migraines should become less severe as he ages.
(c) Mental problems lead to migraines.
(d) All writers get them.

2. According to Nietzsche, why has he agreed to meet with Breuer?
(a) He worried his other physicians were against him.
(b) His friends strongly recommended Breuer.
(c) He needed another prescription from a different doctor.
(d) He knew he needed help.

3. The session after Lou storms out, what does Breuer share with Nietzsche to begin the session?
(a) His money problems.
(b) A patient file.
(c) A dream he had.
(d) His distrust in Mathilde.

4. What does Breuer find as he searches the guest house while Nietzsche is ill?
(a) A nearly empty bottle of chloral.
(b) Syringes.
(c) Empty alcohol bottles.
(d) Drug vials.

5. What does Breuer try to slip into the discussion during Nietzsche's first session with him?
(a) Nietzsche's suicide attempts.
(b) Lou Salome.
(c) Nietzsche's mother's death.
(d) Nietzsche's philosophical beliefs.

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

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

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

9. What do Max and Breuer do together on Friday nights?
(a) Read the paper.
(b) Play chess.
(c) Debate politics.
(d) Watch movies.

10. When Nietzsche arrives to hear the answers for his three questions, what does Breuer reveal as the best course of treatment?
(a) Exercise program.
(b) Hospitalization.
(c) Diet and exercise program.
(d) Physical therapy.

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

12. When Breuer sees Nietzsche after his attack, how does Breuer believe he feels about helping Nietzsche?
(a) Obsessed.
(b) Completed.
(c) Eager.
(d) Irritated.

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

14. During their first session, how does Nietzsche behave as he talks to Breuer?
(a) He rolls his eyes.
(b) He sits intently.
(c) He dozes.
(d) He takes copious notes.

15. Who is buried in the cemetery Nietzsche and Breuer walk around?
(a) Breuer's mother, father, and brother.
(b) Breuer's first wife.
(c) Nietzsche's parents.
(d) Both of the men's grandmothers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nietzsche try to get Breuer to attack Bertha?

2. Breuer believes that both he and Nietzsche are suffering from _____________.

3. After the second session, what does Lou give Breuer?

4. At the pastry shop, how does Freud react to Breuer's feelings concerning Bertha?

5. Why is Breuer agitated the Friday night after Nietzsche leaves him?

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