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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Freedman, what experience did Hesse describe in "Steppenwolf"?
(a) Warfare.
(b) Neurotic breakdown.
(c) Language acquisition.
(d) Collective neurosis.

2. How does Freedman describe Hesse's lifestyle after leaving Bern?
(a) Aimless and uncomfortable.
(b) Monastic but productive.
(c) Liberated and debased.
(d) Sensational and insincere.

3. Where did Hesse eventually settle after leaving Bern?
(a) Montagnola.
(b) Nice.
(c) Geneva.
(d) Lorraine.

4. Where was the house Hesse rented in Ostermundigen located?
(a) By a lake.
(b) On an estate.
(c) Near the ocean.
(d) On a mountainside.

5. Where was Hesse's poem "On Toward Peace" published in altered form?
(a) Munich.
(b) Stuttgart.
(c) Geneva.
(d) Basel.

6. Whom did Hesse fall afoul of by protesting the alteration of his poem?
(a) Ninon.
(b) The Americans.
(c) His family.
(d) The East Germans.

7. Which side did Hesse favor in WW I?
(a) The Germans.
(b) Hesse campaigned actively against the war.
(c) The English.
(d) Hesse remained neutral and disinterested.

8. Who was Ruth Wenger?
(a) Hesse's secretary.
(b) Hesse's second wife.
(c) Hesse's publisher.
(d) Hesse's mistress.

9. Who died in 1935?
(a) Samuel Fischer.
(b) Maria.
(c) Ninon.
(d) Carlo Hamelehle.

10. What was Hesse's relationship with Carl Jung?
(a) He studied with him.
(b) Jung reviewed his books.
(c) He went into therapy with him.
(d) He reviewed Jung's books.

11. What did Hesse and Ninon celebrate at the end of 1945?
(a) The end of the war.
(b) Hesse's Nobel Prize.
(c) Ninon's 50th birthday.
(d) Hesse's 70th birthday.

12. What did Hesse's followers say about his writing after "Steppenwolf"?
(a) He was swayed by religion.
(b) He had withdrawn from mass culture.
(c) He surrendered to mass culture.
(d) He was tormented by the conflicts inside himself.

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

14. What was Hesse's last novel?
(a) "Narcissus and Goldmund."
(b) "The Glass Bead Game."
(c) "Journey to the East."
(d) "Steppenwolf."

15. What happened when Hesse began to try to paint his dreams?
(a) His marriage came apart.
(b) He broke with many of his old friends.
(c) His books became more popular than ever.
(d) His books ceased to be reviewed favorably.

Short Answer Questions

1. What began to replace Hesse's work after "Siddhartha"?

2. What illness did Hesse suffer from in Bern?

3. Beginning in 1926, what did Hesse do to overcome his depression?

4. What does "Narcissus and Goldmund" portray, according to Freedman?

5. What did Hesse win in August 1936?

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