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

2. When Breuer reads Nietzsche's books, what does he do with them?
(a) He puts them away.
(b) He tears certain pages out.
(c) He spends a good amount of time reading them.
(d) He skims them quickly.

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

4. What does Breuer find as he searches the guest house while Nietzsche is ill?
(a) A nearly empty bottle of chloral.
(b) Drug vials.
(c) Syringes.
(d) Empty alcohol bottles.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Josef Breuer in Venice?

3. How did Mathilde meddle in Breuer's professional life several months ago?

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

5. Nietzsche tells Breuer he normally lives ________________.

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