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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Hesse's income change in his new job?
(a) It decreased slightly.
(b) It doubled.
(c) It declined.
(d) It increased slightly.

2. What does Freedman say Hesse wrote about?
(a) Dreams.
(b) Mundane things.
(c) Mystical experiences.
(d) War-time experiences.

3. After Tubingen, how often did Hesse return home from his new job to visit family for holidays?
(a) Rarely.
(b) Frequently.
(c) Occasionally.
(d) Often.

4. What was Hesse's work in Tubingen?
(a) Clockmaker's apprentice.
(b) Factory worker.
(c) Bookseller's apprentice.
(d) Law student.

5. What does Freedman say is the relationship between an artist's work and his life?
(a) Hesse's work came primarily from his imagination.
(b) Hesse's life is inscrutable.
(c) Hesse's life clarifies his work.
(d) Traumas in Hesse's childhood were instrumental in his art.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where was Hesse apprenticed before he was brought home?

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

4. Why did Herr Bernoulli refuse his daughter's hand to Hesse?

5. When did Hesse return to work in the year of his mother's death?

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