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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. Since Breuer feels confident during the first consultation, he prepares to _______________.
(a) Give Nietzsche his first shock therapy.
(b) Ask Nietzsche about Lou Salome.
(c) Begin the portion of the consultation dealing with medical history.
(d) Prepare Nietzsche for his vaccines.

2. On the Monday morning following his illness, when does Nietzsche plan to see Breuer again?
(a) Later that night.
(b) Never.
(c) When he is ill again.
(d) In a month.

3. What is Nietzsche's last argument against the suggested course of treatment?
(a) He has a deadline.
(b) He will not have his books with him.
(c) He cannot afford it.
(d) He is scared.

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

5. How does Dr. Breuer want Nietzsche to treat him while Nietzsche is hospitalized?
(a) As an experiment.
(b) As a brother.
(c) As a colleague.
(d) As a friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Nietzsche arrives at Breuer's office for the first time, how does he appear?

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

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

4. What kind of "voice" does Breuer think Nietzsche's books have?

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

(see the answer key)

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