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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. What did Hesse work on from 1931 to 1942?
(a) "Steppenwolf."
(b) "The Glass Bead Game."
(c) A poem on peace.
(d) "Narcissus and Goldmund."

4. How long were Hesse's work days?
(a) Eight hours.
(b) Six hours.
(c) Ten hours.
(d) Twelve hours.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened in Hesse's family in 1916?

2. Where was the house Hesse rented in Ostermundigen located?

3. What did Hesse do to contribute to the war effort?

4. What illness did Hesse suffer from in Bern?

5. When did Hesse begin to publish his poems?

(see the answer key)

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