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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 gives Josef many letters from Nietzsche which reveal _____________.
(a) His childhood abuse.
(b) His suicidal tendencies.
(c) His terrible body images.
(d) His headaches.

2. What reason does Nietzsche give Breuer for not reading?
(a) His lack of time.
(b) His arguments with authors.
(c) His failing eyesight.
(d) His dislike for literature.

3. According to Nietzsche, what has frustrated him about other physicians?
(a) Their overpriced bills.
(b) Their disregard for his privacy.
(c) Their lack of medical degrees.
(d) Their dishonesty.

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

5. How did Lou's relationship with Nietzsche and Paul Ree begin?
(a) As a marriage of the minds.
(b) For a means to escape prison.
(c) By convenience.
(d) As a way to earn money.

Short Answer Questions

1. How should Josef react about Lou during treatment with Nietzsche, according to Lou?

2. At what point is Freud in his medical studies in Chapter 3?

3. When Breuer reads Nietzsche's books, what does he find in the margins?

4. How does Josef feel concerning Freud's role in his marriage?

5. What does Breuer receive as he enters his office the day after his first meeting with Nietzsche?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Freud's relationship with Josef.

2. What is foreshadowed by Josef's admittance that he had an affair with a patient?

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

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

5. Why would Freud and Josef use fake names when talking about people?

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

7. How does Lou treat Josef in his office?

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

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

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

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