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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What relation did Hesse's work have with his friendships?
(a) He learned from his friends, but he did not write about them.
(b) He would use his friends as characters.
(c) He described his friendships in detail in his work.
(d) His work had nothing to do with his friends.

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

3. What did Hesse write while waiting to marry?
(a) Biographical sketches.
(b) "Steppenwolf."
(c) "Peter Camenzind."
(d) "Beneath the Wheel."

4. How did Hesse feel in Tubingen?
(a) Productive and happy.
(b) Lonely and isolated.
(c) Messianic and ill.
(d) Confused and desperate.

5. Hesse run away from school to __________.
(a) Basel.
(b) Geneva.
(c) Stuttgart.
(d) Salzburg.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what reason was Hesse determined to be an artist?

2. Hesse's upbringing was influenced by the cultures of __________________.

3. Hesse's parents raised him for ___________.

4. Why did Hesse travel to the spa at Badenweiler?

5. Where was Hesse born?

(see the answer key)

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