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

2. What was beginning to happen in 1901, when Hesse became depressed?
(a) His work was published.
(b) His work stopped coming to him.
(c) His work was censored.
(d) His work was consuming him.

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

4. Where did Hesse spend Christmas 1902?
(a) Italy.
(b) Black Forest.
(c) London.
(d) The Alps.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What changed Herr's refusal of Hesse's proposal to marry Maria Bernoulli?

2. Who was Hesse's closest friend in Tubingen?

3. What family trait does Freedman say Hesse seems to have inherited?

4. How did Hesse handle his mother's death in 1902?

5. Where did Hesse visit his family in 1902?

(see the answer key)

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