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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long were Hesse's work days?
(a) Ten hours.
(b) Eight hours.
(c) Twelve hours.
(d) Six hours.

3. When did Hesse arrive in Tubingen?
(a) 1888.
(b) 1890.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1895.

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

5. What happened to Hesse's career in 1902?
(a) He was getting famous.
(b) He was getting frustrated with all the rejection.
(c) He was more and more widely published.
(d) He was published for the first time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What cultures are blended in Hesse's writing?

2. What was Hesse's earliest memory?

3. When did Hesse reach the height of his popularity?

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

5. Where was Hesse born?

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