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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did Hesse marry Ninon?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1931.
(d) 1933.

3. How does Freedman explain Hesse's interest in Asian culture?
(a) He says it connected Hesse with his dead parents.
(b) He says that it changed the topic from Hesse's failing marriage.
(c) He says it renewed Hesse's faith in humanity.
(d) He says it assuaged Hesse's depression.

4. What happened when Hesse was called fro duty in 1915?
(a) He got his family to hire a lawyer to get him out of his service.
(b) He entered service but never returned from his first leave.
(c) He failed the physical.
(d) He ran away.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Hesse when the Great War began in 1914?

2. To what does the novel "Narcissus and Goldmund" appeal, in Freedman's account?

3. What illness did Hesse suffer from in Bern?

4. What was Hesse's relationship with the works he began to write in Tubingen?

5. Which side did Hesse favor in WW I?

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