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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. What happened to Hesse's career in 1902?
(a) He was published for the first time.
(b) He was getting frustrated with all the rejection.
(c) He was getting famous.
(d) He was more and more widely published.

2. What reason does Freedman give for Hesse's choice of subject matter?
(a) Hesse was trying to prophesy a better future.
(b) Hesse was trying to unravel the mystery of his birth.
(c) Hesse was looking for a sense of self.
(d) Hesse was trying to purge a sense of inherited guilt.

3. When was Hesse born?
(a) 1887.
(b) 1877.
(c) 1882.
(d) 1885.

4. What relation did Hesse's work have with his friendships?
(a) His work had nothing to do with his friends.
(b) He would use his friends as characters.
(c) He described his friendships in detail in his work.
(d) He learned from his friends, but he did not write about them.

5. Where did Hesse begin to visit when he took a new job after Tubingen?
(a) His parents' house.
(b) Art museums.
(c) The Royal Palaces.
(d) His aunt's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Hesse apprenticed before he was brought home?

2. What circles was Hesse running in when he took his job after Tubingen?

3. Which writer was not a member of the circle of Hesse's friends in Tubingen?

4. How many siblings did Hesse have?

5. What does Freedman say Hesse wrote about?

(see the answer key)

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