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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, pgs. 37-56.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old was Hesse when he decided to become a writer?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Nine.
(c) Six.
(d) Thirteen.

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

4. Hesse run away from school to __________.
(a) Salzburg.
(b) Stuttgart.
(c) Geneva.
(d) Basel.

5. Where did Hesse's grandfather marry his wife?
(a) In India.
(b) In England.
(c) In South Africa.
(d) In Switzerland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hesse record in special notebooks?

2. What culture did Hesse participate in?

3. What reason does Freedman give for Hesse's choice of subject matter?

4. When were Hesse's parents married?

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

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