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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. How does Breuer find Nietzsche at the guest house?
(a) Agitated and thrashing.
(b) In a drunken stupor.
(c) Sleeping and drooling.
(d) In a near comatose state.

2. After Nietzsche and Breuer's initial meeting, why does Breuer become upset about Bertha?
(a) He wants Bertha to be happy with Nietzsche.
(b) He feels ravaged by his obsession with Bertha.
(c) He's worried about the bad news about Bertha.
(d) He thinks that Nietzsche will use the situation with Bertha against him.

3. What does Breuer wonder about concerning Mathilde?
(a) Why he is not happy with her.
(b) Why they fight so much.
(c) Why he won't divorce her.
(d) Why she cheats on him.

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

5. Why can Josef not meet with Lou the next morning after their first meeting?
(a) Because of his hospital rounds.
(b) Because of his wife.
(c) Because of his children.
(d) Because of teaching duties.

Short Answer Questions

1. How will Nietzsche get copies of his books to Breuer?

2. What does Breuer ask of Max the Friday after Nietzsche leaves him?

3. What does Breuer find as he searches the guest house while Nietzsche is ill?

4. What does Mathilde direct Josef to do when he arrives at her home?

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

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