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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Breuer choose his life goals?
(a) He researched all possibilities.
(b) His parents gave him goals.
(c) He made lists to organize ideas.
(d) He never made a conscious choice about them.

2. What does Max suggest Breuer do with Nietzsche?
(a) Learn something from Nietzsche.
(b) Put Freud in charge of Nietzsche's case.
(c) Allow Nietzsche to lead his own therapy.
(d) Take Nietzsche to the park.

3. According to Nietzsche, at whose expense is Breuer helping him?
(a) Nietzsche.
(b) His children.
(c) Mathilde.
(d) Breuer.

4. During their second session, what does Breuer confess about his feelings towards his professional and personal life?
(a) He does not make enough money.
(b) His life is at a dead end.
(c) He will never reach his goals.
(d) He disagrees with his past actions.

5. How does Breuer feel about the consultation with Nietzsche when Nietzsche refuses treatment?
(a) It slipped through his hands.
(b) It was aggravating.
(c) He had control of it.
(d) It was moving positively.

6. After he is better, where does Nietzsche want to go?
(a) A cemetery.
(b) Basel.
(c) Rome.
(d) His parents' house.

7. How did Mathilde meddle in Breuer's professional life several months ago?
(a) She made him change office buildings.
(b) She interrupted his counseling sessions.
(c) She attended his staff meetings when Eva was present.
(d) She insisted he fire Eva Berger.

8. What does Josef think Mathilde is really accusing him of on the morning after Nietzsche reads a letter from Elisabeth?
(a) Gambling too much.
(b) Talking to Freud when he should talk to her.
(c) Keeping secrets.
(d) Being with Bertha.

9. What does Breuer do for Nietzsche at the guest house?
(a) Gives him pain pills.
(b) Covers him with ice packs.
(c) Gives him strong coffee.
(d) Gets his heart rate under control.

10. With whom does Breuer do his Friday ritual?
(a) Max.
(b) Betty Sue.
(c) His sons.
(d) Freud.

11. What does Breuer tell Nietzsche about his health after his attack?
(a) Getting migraines will be more common now.
(b) Recovering completely is impossible now.
(c) Bringing stress into his life will be deadly.
(d) Traveling so soon after is very dangerous.

12. Who is Herr Schlegel?
(a) Another doctor.
(b) A waiter.
(c) A movie director.
(d) A military veteran.

13. On his way home, Breuer meets Freud at the pastry shop and explains what situation to Freud?
(a) When he is going to visit Bertha.
(b) Why he is leaving his job.
(c) How he and Nietzsche will be treating each other.
(d) What Mathilde's latest antics are.

14. Where does Nietzsche plan to go after refusing treatment in the consultation?
(a) The cemetery.
(b) Basel.
(c) His office.
(d) His boyhood home.

15. What does Max tell Breuer about his personal life?
(a) HIs gambling problems.
(b) His secret apartment.
(c) His drinking problem.
(d) His affairs with prostitutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Nietzsche, why has he agreed to meet with Breuer?

2. When Nietzsche arrives to hear the answers for his three questions, what does Breuer tell him about brain disease?

3. When Nietzsche arrives to hear the answers for his three questions, what does Breuer tell him about his migraines?

4. What do Max and Breuer do together on Friday nights?

5. The morning after Nietzsche reads a letter from Elisabeth, what do Josef and Mathilde argue about?

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