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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lou confide in Josef that she is specifically worried about with her friend Nietzsche?
(a) Friedrick is suicidal.
(b) Nietzsche can no longer write.
(c) Nietzsche is homeless.
(d) Nietzsche is a drug addict.

2. As Nietzsche starts to leave their first meeting, how does Breuer feel about their conversation?
(a) Stressed.
(b) Rebuffed.
(c) Happy.
(d) Confident.

3. What does Nietzsche do every time Breuer starts to discuss suicide?
(a) Changes the subject.
(b) Rubs his head.
(c) Walks to the door.
(d) Begins to cry.

4. What tradition does the Breuer family hold with Mathilde's sister and their families?
(a) Birthday celebrations.
(b) Thanksgiving breakfast.
(c) Friday evening supper.
(d) Christmas caroling.

5. In order to dispel Josef's skepticism about treating Friedrich, what does Lou give him?
(a) Photographs of Nietzsche in trouble.
(b) Money.
(c) His medical files.
(d) A letter to Nietzsche from Richard Wagner.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Breuer reads Nietzsche's books, what does he find in the margins?

2. What does Nietzsche believe about Breuer's motivation to help him?

3. What does Mathilde confide to Freud concerning her marriage?

4. What does Nietzsche accuse Breuer of being after Nietzsche refuses the treatment plan Breuer designed for him?

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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