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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened when Hesse was called fro duty in 1915?
(a) He entered service but never returned from his first leave.
(b) He failed the physical.
(c) He got his family to hire a lawyer to get him out of his service.
(d) He ran away.

2. Which writer was not a member of the circle of Hesse's friends in Tubingen?
(a) Oskar Rupp.
(b) Ludwig Ugel.
(c) Carlo Hamelehle.
(d) Ludwig Finckh.

3. To what does the novel "Narcissus and Goldmund" appeal, in Freedman's account?
(a) The senses.
(b) German nationalism.
(c) The moral sense.
(d) The religious sense.

4. Why was Hesse rejected from military service?
(a) Flat feet.
(b) Poor eyesight.
(c) Bad heart.
(d) Illness.

5. What was Hesse working on in the summer of 1930?
(a) "Siddhartha."
(b) "Journey to the East."
(c) "Steppenwolf."
(d) "The Glass Bead Game."

Short Answer Questions

1. Which side did Hesse favor in WW I?

2. When did Hesse arrive in Tubingen?

3. Where did Hesse begin to develop a social life in Tubingen?

4. How was "Narcissus and Goldmund" received?

5. What illness did Hesse suffer from in Bern?

(see the answer key)

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