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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, pgs. 87-102.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Hesse work once he had royalties coming in from his published works?
(a) A library.
(b) A bookstore.
(c) A factory.
(d) A law firm.

2. Freedman said that the tensions in Hesse's works came from ________________.
(a) The conflicts in the air during Hesse's times.
(b) Traumatic experiences Hesse had in childhood.
(c) Conflicting impulses in Hesse's life.
(d) Conflicts between Hesse and his parents.

3. When did Hesse learn to see a connection between art and rebellion?
(a) When he wanted to go to art school but was denied.
(b) When his older brother ran away to a music conservatory.
(c) When his mother left his father for an actor.
(d) When his uncle married a dancer against his family's wishes.

4. How did Hesse react to his loneliness?
(a) He traveled.
(b) He drank.
(c) He wrote adventure stories.
(d) He read avidly.

5. How was Hesse seen by his parents from early childhood?
(a) As enigmatic.
(b) As placid.
(c) As intractable.
(d) As mercurial.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Hesse's father meet his wife?

2. What does Freedman say Hesse wrote about?

3. For what reason was Hesse determined to be an artist?

4. What does Freedman say about artists at the beginning of his biography of Hesse?

5. What happened immediately before Hesse tried to kill himself?

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