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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the main character?

2. Which of the following sorts of people were in Sinclair's class?

3. What secret does Demian share with Sinclair in this chapter?

4. What does SInclair say he is torn between in this chapter?

5. What kind of school did Sinclair go to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Sinclair's fears regarding Kromer and his family?

2. What does Sinclair dream about in chapter 5?

3. How does Sinclair become acquainted with the organist in chapter 5?

4. How is Sinclair's dream about the sparrow hawk significant?

5. Describe Sinclair night out with Beck.

6. How does Sinclair's world change when he meets Kromer?

7. What stage has Sinclair reached in his life in chapter 1?

8. How do Demian and Sinclair meet again in chapter 7?

9. How does Demian help Sinclair with Kromer?

10. How does Eva and Sinclair's relationship become deeper in chapter 7?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the significance of the sparrow hawk.

1) What does the sparrow hawk symbolize and why does it become such an essential part of the book?

2) How is it important that the sparrow hawk is carved in the keystone outside of Sinclair's house?

Essay Topic 2

Why is Demian so important to Sinclair? What would have happened to Sinclair if he had not not met Demain? How can Sinclair put Demian's teaching into his own ideas?

Essay Topic 3

Look at the structure of the novel.

1) How does Hesse use character and dialogue to drive the narrative?

2) Discuss elements of the narrative structure: Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?

3) Aside from the main character, examine the way Hesse uses the other characters in the story. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

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