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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. According to Lou, what will Dr. Overbeck do to help with Nietzsche?
(a) Dr. Overbeck will hypnotize Nietzsche so he thinks he wants to see Dr. Breuer.
(b) Dr. Overbeck will prescribe Nietzsche new medicine.
(c) Dr. Overbeck wil exert his influence with Nietzsche to get him to see Dr. Breuer.
(d) Dr. Overbeck will mail Nietzsche's patient files to Dr. Breuer.

2. When Nietzsche first arrives at Breuer's office, what do the two men discuss first?
(a) Breuer's friendship with Freud.
(b) Nietzsche's love life.
(c) Breuer's credentials and publications.
(d) Nietzsche's previous treatments and physicians.

3. What is Nietzsche's first reaction to Breuer's proposed plan?
(a) He is eager to begin the plan.
(b) He thinks he should ask Lou about the plan.
(c) He laughs at the plan.
(d) He is very opposed to the plan.

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

5. What does Breuer try to slip into the discussion during Nietzsche's first session with him?
(a) Nietzsche's mother's death.
(b) Nietzsche's philosophical beliefs.
(c) Lou Salome.
(d) Nietzsche's suicide attempts.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Why did Mathilde dislike Eva?

5. How does Breuer describe Nietzsche the first time he sees him which he did not expect?

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