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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. What cultures are blended in Hesse's writing?
(a) Austrian and Italian.
(b) Alsatian and German.
(c) German and Swiss.
(d) Swiss and French.

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

3. What does Freedman say people look for in art?
(a) Gods.
(b) Truths.
(c) Gossip.
(d) Freedom.

4. Where did Hesse's father meet his wife?
(a) In her father's business.
(b) On a religious retreat.
(c) In his father's business.
(d) In his father's publishing house.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Freedman say Hesse wrote about?

2. How was Hesse seen by his parents from early childhood?

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

4. Whose rule did Hesse grow up under?

5. How does Freedman describe Hesse's world growing up?

(see the answer key)

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