When Nietzsche Wept Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Irvin D. Yalom
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When Nietzsche Wept Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Irvin D. Yalom
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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. Lou confides in Josef that she does not believe in what?
(a) Dieting.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Exercise.
(d) Divorce.

2. How does Nietzsche behave when discussing his illness, symptoms, and physical well being?
(a) Secretive and deceptive.
(b) Very open and with no reservations.
(c) Reserved and quiet.
(d) Grim and disheartened.

3. Where does Lou want Josef to meet her for their first encounter?
(a) A cafe.
(b) The newspaper office.
(c) A bar.
(d) A hotel.

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

5. What does Breuer believe is a physician's duty toward a patient?
(a) To give information they can handle.
(b) To try new treatments on them.
(c) To offer hope.
(d) To present all the information to them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What best describes Lou the first time Josef meets her?

2. What do Freud and Breuer discuss after Breuer spends some time reading Nietzsche's books?

3. Where has Nietzsche previously had a professorship?

4. When Breuer reads Nietzsche's books, what does he do with them?

5. After Breuer's first office visit with Lou Salome, whom does he travel to visit?

Short Essay Questions

1. What can readers infer about the effort of so many people working to get Nietzsche into treatment?

2. Why would Nietzsche be so open about his physical ailments but so reserved about his mental ones?

3. What do Nietzsche's personal copies of his books provide for Breuer?

4. Are Elisabeth's actions helping or hurting Nietzsche and why?

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

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

7. What is Lou's attitude about Nietzsche during her first meetings with Josef?

8. How does Nietzsche's resignation at Basel indirectly characterize him?

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

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

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