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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was interest in Hesse's work revived?
(a) 2000s.
(b) 1940s.
(c) 1980s.
(d) 1960s.

2. What was Hesse's earliest memory?
(a) Being lost at a market.
(b) Being lifted to a mountain vista.
(c) Nearly drowning in the bathtub.
(d) Seeing a shooting star.

3. What did Hesse do with friends Hans Drach and Heinrich Jennen?
(a) Recited poetry.
(b) Rented a flat.
(c) Produced a play.
(d) Travelled.

4. How does Freedman describe Hesse's lifestyle after leaving Bern?
(a) Liberated and debased.
(b) Sensational and insincere.
(c) Monastic but productive.
(d) Aimless and uncomfortable.

5. Where did Hesse spend most of WW II?
(a) Geneva.
(b) Montagnola.
(c) Basel.
(d) Baden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hesse record in special notebooks?

2. What did Hesse's followers say about his writing after "Steppenwolf"?

3. Freedman said that the tensions in Hesse's works came from ________________.

4. Where did Hesse spend Christmas 1902?

5. Where did Hesse work once he had royalties coming in from his published works?

(see the answer key)

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