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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. Why does Josef break off his conversation with Lou during their first meeting?

2. After Nietzsche asks his three questions, what do Nietzsche and Breuer debate?

3. When will Lou and Josef meet again after their first meeting?

4. What does Nietzsche believe is a physician's duty toward a patient?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why would the author leave Chapter 5 with Nietzsche ready to ask Breuer three questions?

6. What contributes to Nietzsche being a difficult patient?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the deepest symbol of the novel and why?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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