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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the periodical to which Hesse contributed around the time of his first child's birth?
(a) Modernism.
(b) Futurism.
(c) South Germany.
(d) The Times.

2. Who was Hesse's closest friend in Tubingen?
(a) Hamelehle.
(b) Rupp.
(c) Ugel.
(d) Finckh.

3. What happened immediately before Hesse tried to kill himself?
(a) He was kicked out of school.
(b) He began school.
(c) He was rejected by a woman at a spa.
(d) He entered his father's business.

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

5. When was interest in Hesse's work revived?
(a) 1940s.
(b) 1960s.
(c) 2000s.
(d) 1980s.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Hesse's earliest memory?

2. Freedman said that the tensions in Hesse's works came from ________________.

3. How many siblings did Hesse have?

4. How did Hesse react to his loneliness?

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

(see the answer key)

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