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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Hesse return to work in the year of his mother's death?
(a) October.
(b) August.
(c) September.
(d) December.

2. What culture did Hesse participate in?
(a) Industrial culture.
(b) Victorian culture.
(c) Counter culture.
(d) Imperial culture.

3. What does Freedman say about artists at the beginning of his biography of Hesse?
(a) They are always searching for themselves.
(b) They always avoid confronting their true selves.
(c) They hide behind masks.
(d) They expose themselves in their work.

4. What circles was Hesse running in when he took his job after Tubingen?
(a) Prostitutes and vagrants.
(b) Writers and radicals.
(c) Artists and professors.
(d) Painters and sculptors.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Hesse begin to run away from school?

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

3. Where did Hesse meet Herr Bernoulli?

4. What relation did Hesse's work have with his friendships?

5. Where did Hesse spend Christmas 1902?

(see the answer key)

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