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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's closest friend in Tubingen?
(a) Ugel.
(b) Finckh.
(c) Rupp.
(d) Hamelehle.

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

3. What gave Hesse difficulties as he got older?
(a) His appendix.
(b) His memory.
(c) His digestion.
(d) His eyesight.

4. Where did Hesse begin to spend time in 1930?
(a) Chanterella.
(b) Montagnola.
(c) Baden.
(d) India.

5. What was Hesse's relationship with the works he began to write in Tubingen?
(a) He incorporated them into his later work.
(b) He kept working on them until they sold.
(c) He disowned them.
(d) He burned them all.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Hesse react to his loneliness?

2. What does "Narcissus and Goldmund" portray, according to Freedman?

3. How was "Narcissus and Goldmund" received?

4. What do Narcissus and Goldmund represent, in Freedman's account of "Narcissus and Goldmund"?

5. What did Hans and Elsie Bodmer do for Hesse?

(see the answer key)

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