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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Josef and Lou have their second meeting?

2. How did Lou's relationship with Nietzsche and Paul Ree begin?

3. According to Nietzsche's conversation with Breuer, where does he get many of his ideas?

4. According to Nietzsche, what has frustrated him about other physicians?

5. How long do Breuer and Nietzsche talk during their first meeting?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is ironic about Freud's relationship with the Breuers?

3. What are Nietzsche's motives behind asking the three questions?

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

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

6. What contributes to Nietzsche being a difficult patient?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is Breuer easily overcome by women and their attractiveness?

Essay Topic 2

What is the deepest symbol of the novel and why?

Essay Topic 3

How is the title accurate in its promise of a turning point of "When Nietzsche Wept"?

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