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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. Why does Josef break off his conversation with Lou during their first meeting?
(a) Josef needs to go home to his wife.
(b) Josef was ill.
(c) Josef was bored with Lou.
(d) Josef had to see a patient.

2. According to Nietzsche's conversation with Breuer, where does he get many of his ideas?
(a) On walks.
(b) In bed.
(c) By Lou's side.
(d) At the library.

3. Nietzsche tells Breuer he normally lives ________________.
(a) In the dorm where he teaches.
(b) At friends' houses.
(c) In hotels.
(d) In mental facilities.

4. How long do Breuer and Nietzsche talk during their first meeting?
(a) Ninety minutes.
(b) Two hours.
(c) All day.
(d) Five minutes.

5. After Breuer's first office visit with Lou Salome, whom does he travel to visit?
(a) Nietzsche.
(b) Eva.
(c) Seven patients.
(d) Bertha.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Breuer wonder about concerning Mathilde?

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

4. What do Breuer and Nietzsche later discuss during their first meeting?

5. What does Breuer believe is a physician's duty toward a patient?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Lou treat Josef in his office?

8. What drives Lou to seek treatment for Nietzsche?

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

10. Why might Lou include information about Elisabeth to Dr. Breuer?

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