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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Hesse spending his time with by 1928?
(a) Elsie Bodmer.
(b) Ninon.
(c) Maria.
(d) Ruth.

2. Hesse did NOT suffer from _____________.
(a) Insomnia.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Headaches.
(d) Nausea

3. What do Narcissus and Goldmund represent, in Freedman's account of "Narcissus and Goldmund"?
(a) Two halves of a divided self.
(b) Past and future.
(c) Nature and language.
(d) Male and female principles.

4. What was the subject of Hesse's book "Rosshalde"?
(a) Hesse's childhood.
(b) Hesse's children's birth.
(c) The Hesses' lives in 1912-13.
(d) Hesse's unhappy marriage.

5. What did Hesse do to contribute to the war effort?
(a) Hesse campaigned against the war.
(b) Hesse donated the proceeds from his books.
(c) Hesse wrote propaganda for the ministry of war.
(d) Hesse collected books for German prisoners.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Hesse marry Ninon?

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

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

4. What illness did Hesse suffer from in Bern?

5. Why was Hesse rejected from military service?

(see the answer key)

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