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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 to hear the answers for his three questions, what does Breuer tell him about blindness?
(a) Surgery prevents blindness.
(b) Research shows migraines contribute to blindness.
(c) It is genetic.
(d) Migraines do not lead to blindness.

2. What plan does Breuer propose to Nietzsche on the Monday morning following Nietzsche's illness?
(a) For the men to treat each other.
(b) For the men to part ways.
(c) For Nietzsche to record his events for his next book.
(d) For both men to undergo the same treatment.

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 spends too much time with Nietzsche.
(b) She worries he belongs to wrong organizations.
(c) She thinks he rents too many hospital rooms.
(d) She thinks he needs to continue his education.

4. Nietzsche tells Breuer that if he hadn't resigned as a professor, he is convinced what would have happened?
(a) He would have been arrested.
(b) He would have been driven away by those who didn't trust him.
(c) He would have travelled and been happy.
(d) He would have settled down with a wife.

5. Why did Nietzsche have to resign as a professor?
(a) Lack of research.
(b) Fatigue.
(c) Illness.
(d) Refusal to publish.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Nietzsche's letter to Peter Gast, what does he write about concerning his hospital stay?

3. What is Nietzsche's first reaction to Breuer's proposed plan?

4. How does Breuer try to get Nietzsche to agree to his desired course of treatment?

5. Where has Nietzsche previously had a professorship?

(see the answer key)

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