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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following sorts of people were in Sinclair's class?
(a) Sons of factory workers
(b) Orphans
(c) Sons of mayors
(d) Chimney sweepers

2. What does Sinclair contemplate in this opening chapter?
(a) Becoming a priest
(b) Suicide
(c) Finding a wife
(d) Leaving home

3. What does Sinclair think his world is divided into?
(a) Good and evil
(b) Heaven and hell
(c) Love and hate
(d) Life and death

4. What country is the novel set in?
(a) Holland
(b) Denmark
(c) Germany
(d) Japan

5. What does Sinclair want to return to his family as?
(a) A priest
(b) The prodigal son
(c) A family man
(d) A soldier

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Sinclair's father say Demian got his ideas about Cain?

2. What bird does Demian call Sinclair's attention to?

3. What does Sinclair describe his world as a realm of before he met Kromer?

4. Which of the following does Sinclair say the forbidden world is full of?

5. What Bible story does the teacher tell in the class Sinclair shares with Demian?

(see the answer key)

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