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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Max characterize Breuer's behavior in class?
(a) Breuer challenged the professors.
(b) Breuer failed most tests.
(c) Breuer argued with classmates.
(d) Breuer dutifully took notes.

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

4. With whom does Breuer do his Friday ritual?
(a) His sons.
(b) Betty Sue.
(c) Freud.
(d) Max.

5. What is Breuer's mother's name?
(a) Bertha.
(b) Mathilde.
(c) Eva.
(d) Rachel.

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

7. How does Breuer try to get Nietzsche to agree to his desired course of treatment?
(a) Breuer uses Nietzsche's books to support his ideas.
(b) Breuer insults Nietzsche's former doctors.
(c) Breuer quotes Lou in his arguments.
(d) Breuer applies argument after argument.

8. What is Nietzsche's last argument against the suggested course of treatment?
(a) He has a deadline.
(b) He will not have his books with him.
(c) He is scared.
(d) He cannot afford it.

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

10. Why does Breuer plan only to treat Nietzsche's body?
(a) He is only concerned with his body.
(b) He believes his only true ailments are physical.
(c) He doesn't have the background or knowledge to treat his mind.
(d) He knows Nietzsche will only allow him to treat his body.

11. How did Mathilde meddle in Breuer's professional life several months ago?
(a) She made him change office buildings.
(b) She attended his staff meetings when Eva was present.
(c) She interrupted his counseling sessions.
(d) She insisted he fire Eva Berger.

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

13. What does Breuer do for Nietzsche at the guest house?
(a) Gives him strong coffee.
(b) Gives him pain pills.
(c) Gets his heart rate under control.
(d) Covers him with ice packs.

14. What does Nietzsche want to do for Breuer during their sessions?
(a) To clear his mind from cheating.
(b) To grant him forgiveness.
(c) To stop his gambling.
(d) To elevate Breuer's thoughts and perspective.

15. At the start of their second session, how does Breuer think the sessions should proceed?
(a) As a question and answer section.
(b) As a debate.
(c) As a lecture.
(d) As a sort of confession.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Breuer choose his life goals?

2. The morning after Nietzsche reads a letter from Elisabeth, what does Mathilde express as a concern with Josef's professional life?

3. As Breuer dismisses Nietzsche's final argument against treatment, what does Nietzsche prepare to do?

4. What does Breuer tell Nietzsche about his health after his attack?

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

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