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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Demian think Cain is marked for?
(a) Shame
(b) Distinction
(c) Eternal life
(d) Sin

2. Which of Sinclair's friends does he think he has painted?
(a) Demian
(b) Kromer
(c) Beatrice
(d) Alfons

3. Who does Sinclair dream about in this chapter?
(a) His mother
(b) Demian
(c) Jesus
(d) Kromer

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

5. What does Sinclair despair of ever doing in this chapter?
(a) Being accepted by his peers
(b) Freeing himself from Kromer
(c) Falling in love
(d) Becoming a good person

6. Who does Demian say presides over the bad side of the world?
(a) The devil
(b) Sinclair
(c) Gabriel
(d) God

7. Who does Sinclair ask about Demian's interpretation of Cain and Abel?
(a) His teacher
(b) The priest
(c) Kromer
(d) His father

8. What does SInclair say he is torn between in this chapter?
(a) Love and hate
(b) His parents beliefs and Demian's teachings
(c) The new world and the old world
(d) Kromer and Demian

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

10. Who does Sinclair long to see?
(a) His mother
(b) His father
(c) Demian's mother
(d) Demian

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

12. What does Sinclair go home for in this chapter?
(a) Easter
(b) His father's birthday
(c) His birthday
(d) Christmas

13. What kind of school did Sinclair go to?
(a) Catholic school
(b) Public school
(c) Grammar school
(d) Latin school

14. What Bible story does the teacher tell in the class Sinclair shares with Demian?
(a) Samson and Deliah
(b) Good Samaritan
(c) Cain and Abel
(d) The parting of the red sea

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the repentant thief when Jesus befriended him?

2. What does Demian show Sinclair how to predict?

3. What country is the novel set in?

4. What does Sinclair fantasize about enjoying?

5. What does Demian encourage Sinclair to interpret with imagination?

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