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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Sinclair see the woman he becomes fixated on?
(a) A pub
(b) A restaurant
(c) The school kitchens
(d) A park

2. What does Sinclair describe his world as a realm of before he met Kromer?
(a) Laughter and lightness
(b) Love and lightness
(c) Innocence and laughter
(d) Love and goodness

3. Where do Sinclair's parents decide to send him?
(a) Boarding school
(b) University
(c) A monastry
(d) England

4. What do the students think Demian knows?
(a) How to steal
(b) How to converse
(c) Love
(d) Everything

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

6. Who does Demian say he would have as a friend rather than the repentant thief?
(a) The unrepentant man
(b) The Roman guards
(c) Pontius Pilate
(d) Mary Magdelene

7. What does Sinclair attempt in this chapter?
(a) To talk to a woman
(b) To withdraw into himself
(c) To give a bible class
(d) To apologize to his father

8. Who does Sinclair meet for the first time in chapter 2?
(a) Johann Halzburg
(b) Johnny Rotten
(c) Max Demian
(d) Franz Kromer

9. What does Demian encourage Sinclair to interpret with imagination?
(a) People's thoughts
(b) Religious stories
(c) Bible lessons
(d) Dreams

10. What character from the bible does Demian talk about?
(a) Samson
(b) The repentant thief
(c) Moses
(d) John the Baptist

11. What does Demian explain to Sinclair in this chapter?
(a) How to read music
(b) The art of talking to women
(c) How to have fun
(d) The art of drawing into oneself

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

13. How does Demian suggest Sinclair should get rid of Kromer?
(a) Put him on a merchant ship
(b) Kill him
(c) Beat him up
(d) Break his leg

14. Why can Sinclair not say good bye to Demian?
(a) He is away on a trip
(b) They have had an argument
(c) Demian is attending the same school
(d) He is meditating

15. Which of the following words does Sinclair not add to the portrait?
(a) Concept
(b) Fate
(c) Light
(d) Temperament

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of school did Sinclair go to?

2. What does Demian say the unrepentant thief saw through to the end?

3. What else does Sinclair think is threat to his security?

4. Which of the following does Sinclair add to the painting?

5. What relationship in Sinclair's life begins to deteriorate?

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