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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During their second meeting, what advice does Lou give Josef concerning treating Nietzsche?
(a) Not to attempt hypnotism on him.
(b) Not to discuss Elisabeth.
(c) To analyze his childhood.
(d) To practice free association with him.

2. What does Breuer believe is a physician's duty toward a patient?
(a) To offer hope.
(b) To give information they can handle.
(c) To present all the information to them.
(d) To try new treatments on them.

3. Why is Josef Breuer in Venice?
(a) He's attending a medical conference.
(b) He's visiting his parents.
(c) He's a visiting professor.
(d) He's on vacation.

4. What best describes Lou the first time Josef meets her?
(a) Pretty, kind, and quiet.
(b) Scary, mean, and devisive.
(c) Frumpy, cold, and weird.
(d) Beautiful, confident, and strking.

5. What does Lou tell Josef about her friend Friedrich Nietzsche?
(a) Nietzsche is full of promise and influence.
(b) Nietzsche is past his prime.
(c) Nietzsche needs help for his writing.
(d) Nietzsche has editors stealing from him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How should Josef react about Lou during treatment with Nietzsche, according to Lou?

2. What topics do Nietzsche's philosophies cover?

3. What do Breuer and Nietzsche later discuss during their first meeting?

4. Nietzsche tells Breuer that if he hadn't resigned as a professor, he is convinced what would have happened?

5. According to Nietzsche, what has frustrated him about other physicians?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Nietzsche's motives behind asking the three questions?

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

3. How does Lou treat Josef in his office?

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

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

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

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

8. What preconceived idea does Breuer have about Nietzsche that is incorrect?

9. Describe Freud's relationship with Josef.

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

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