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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. What kind of physicians has Nietzsche previously seen?

2. What does Lou confide in Josef that she is specifically worried about with her friend Nietzsche?

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

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

5. What type of study does Freud prefer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What expectations does Breuer have concerning Nietzsche?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What contributes to Nietzsche being a difficult patient?

9. How does Breuer's relationship with Bertha immediately bring a conflict to the story?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the effect, if any, of these 'real characters' being in a book of fiction?

Essay Topic 2

Is the ending of the novel, with Breuer's transformation, realistic? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Examine Nietzsche's view of "dying at the right time." Is this a valid argument or not? Why?

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