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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 plan does Breuer propose to Nietzsche on the Monday morning following Nietzsche's illness?

2. Why does Breuer plan only to treat Nietzsche's body?

3. After Lou storms out and the session continues, how do both men feel?

4. At the pastry shop, how does Freud react to Breuer's feelings concerning Bertha?

5. After the second session, what does Lou give Breuer?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Nietzsche agree to Breuer's new treatment plan?

2. How does Nietzsche act out of character during his illness?

3. How does Breuer feel as Nietzsche leaves his office?

4. How does Nietzsche behave after he becomes lucid? Why?

5. Why has Breuer decided on a new plan to propose to Nietzsche?

6. How does Breuer behave in getting Nietzsche to agree to treatment?

7. How do Breuer and Nietzsche's life goals parallel each other?

8. How does Breuer feel about his success in treating Nietzsche?

9. How does Nietzsche react about Breuer's answers to his three questions?

10. What is the importance of the setting for Josef and Mathilde's argument?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What irony surrounds Mathilde and her marriage?

Essay Topic 2

How is Lou Salome's character an anachronism ?

Essay Topic 3

What is the deepest symbol of the novel and why?

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