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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Hesse's relationship with the works he began to write in Tubingen?
(a) He disowned them.
(b) He incorporated them into his later work.
(c) He burned them all.
(d) He kept working on them until they sold.

3. Whose rule did Hesse grow up under?
(a) Czar Alexander II.
(b) Bismarck.
(c) Bonaparte.
(d) Queen Victoria.

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

5. What was Hesse primarily working on in 1907?
(a) Raising money for his debts.
(b) Raising his small children.
(c) Book reviews.
(d) A novel "Gertrud."

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hesse do with friends Hans Drach and Heinrich Jennen?

2. Why was Hesse rejected from military service?

3. When was Hesse born?

4. What happened to Hesse's career in 1902?

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

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