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

2. What does the person who pounds on Breuer's door tell him?

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

4. Who is buried in the cemetery Nietzsche and Breuer walk around?

5. What does Nietzsche plan to do when he returns to Breuer's office in two hours?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Nietzsche and Breuer spend so much time angry during their treatments?

2. Why would Breuer begin the consultations with the same approach that he has previously used?

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

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

5. What prevents Breuer from getting Nietzsche to agree to treatment?

6. Why might Nietzsche's migraines have subsided now that he is in the hospital?

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

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

9. How does Breuer begin treating Nietzsche once Nietzsche won't go to treatment?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Breuer's control over situations at his office and at the hospital differ? Why would this be?

Essay Topic 2

Evaluate Breuer's medical proficiency. Is he a good doctor? Is he ethical? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

How is the title accurate in its promise of a turning point of "When Nietzsche Wept"?

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