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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, pgs. 57-87.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Hesse's parents' profession?
(a) Missionaries.
(b) Social servants.
(c) Small business owners.
(d) Teachers.

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

3. Hesse's upbringing was influenced by the cultures of __________________.
(a) India and Germany.
(b) South Africa and Switzerland.
(c) Italy and Germany.
(d) Switzerland and France.

4. Which writer was not a member of the circle of Hesse's friends in Tubingen?
(a) Ludwig Ugel.
(b) Ludwig Finckh.
(c) Carlo Hamelehle.
(d) Oskar Rupp.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Hesse's relationship with the works he began to write in Tubingen?

2. Where did Hesse commence his studies?

3. Hesse run away from school to __________.

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

5. When did Hesse reach the height of his popularity?

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