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

2. After Tubingen, how often did Hesse return home from his new job to visit family for holidays?
(a) Occasionally.
(b) Rarely.
(c) Frequently.
(d) Often.

3. When did Hesse reach the height of his popularity?
(a) 1980s.
(b) 1910s.
(c) 1890s.
(d) 1940s.

4. What does Freedman say is the relationship between an artist's work and his life?
(a) Traumas in Hesse's childhood were instrumental in his art.
(b) Hesse's life clarifies his work.
(c) Hesse's life is inscrutable.
(d) Hesse's work came primarily from his imagination.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Hesse's closest friend in Tubingen?

2. Why was Hesse rejected from military service?

3. How did Hesse feel in Tubingen?

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

5. What was Hesse's work in Tubingen?

(see the answer key)

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