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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What best describes Lou the first time Josef meets her?
(a) Scary, mean, and devisive.
(b) Beautiful, confident, and strking.
(c) Pretty, kind, and quiet.
(d) Frumpy, cold, and weird.

2. What is Freud busy doing instead of writing and researching?
(a) Dancing and partying.
(b) Reading and learning.
(c) Sleeping and lounging.
(d) Working a second job.

3. Lou gives Josef a letter from Nietzsche; what does Nietzsche's letter to Lou reveal?
(a) Nietzsche's fear of teaching his college courses.
(b) Nietzsche's need to speak with Lou.
(c) Nietzsche's desire to hurt Paul.
(d) Nietzsche's great admiration for Lou.

4. What does Lou think about the reality of Nietzsche seeking help on his own after as she meets with Josef for the first time?
(a) Unlikely.
(b) Probable.
(c) Possible.
(d) Slightly.

5. What does Nietzsche believe is a physician's duty toward a patient?
(a) To provide written documentation for them.
(b) To give him examples of successful patients.
(c) To gain trust before treatment begins.
(d) To tell the absolute truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Breuer think of Nietzsche's philosophies?

2. Who is Frau Becker?

3. How does Nietzsche behave when discussing his illness, symptoms, and physical well being?

4. What kind of physicians has Nietzsche previously seen?

5. What does Nietzsche do every time Breuer starts to discuss suicide?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Nietzsche allow Breuer to read his books?

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

4. What could Breuer's dream about Bertha mean?

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

6. What does Nietzsche's life style say about him?

7. Describe Freud's relationship with Josef.

8. What expectations does Breuer have concerning Nietzsche?

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

10. What preconceived idea does Breuer have about Nietzsche that is incorrect?

(see the answer keys)

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