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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12, 13, and 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Nietzsche arrives at Breuer's office for the first time, how does he appear?
(a) Pale, cold,and weak.
(b) Organized and put-together.
(c) Strong, firm, and decisive.
(d) Messy and unkept.

2. What kind of physicians has Nietzsche previously seen?
(a) Many well-known physicians.
(b) Family doctors who are not mental health experts.
(c) Reclusive and expensive physicians.
(d) Cheap and underqualified physicians.

3. The morning after Nietzsche reads a letter from Elisabeth, what does Mathilde express as a concern with Josef's professional life?
(a) She worries he belongs to wrong organizations.
(b) She worries he spends too much time with Nietzsche.
(c) She thinks he needs to continue his education.
(d) She thinks he rents too many hospital rooms.

4. In Nietzsche's letter to Peter Gast, how does he write about Lou Salome?
(a) In a sorrowful way.
(b) In a loving manner.
(c) In a disparaging way.
(d) In an apathetic manner.

5. What do Breuer and Nietzsche later discuss during their first meeting?
(a) History.
(b) Economics.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Politics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Nietzsche have to resign as a professor?

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

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

5. When Nietzsche first arrives at Breuer's office, what do the two men discuss first?

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