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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. Nietzsche tells Breuer he normally lives ________________.

2. What does Breuer believe physicians should offer to patients?

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

4. Why can Josef not meet with Lou the next morning after their first meeting?

5. As Nietzsche starts to leave their first meeting, how does Breuer feel about their conversation?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Describe Freud's relationship with Josef.

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is Lou Salome's character an anachronism ?

Essay Topic 2

What is the deepest symbol of the novel and why?

Essay Topic 3

How does the novel's setting influence the medical beliefs and actions of the characters?

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