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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chaper 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did Hesse travel to the spa at Badenweiler?
(a) For recuperation.
(b) For his children's health.
(c) For a mistress.
(d) For his wife's health.

3. What happened when Hesse was called fro duty in 1915?
(a) He failed the physical.
(b) He got his family to hire a lawyer to get him out of his service.
(c) He entered service but never returned from his first leave.
(d) He ran away.

4. Which side did Hesse favor in WW I?
(a) Hesse remained neutral and disinterested.
(b) The Germans.
(c) Hesse campaigned actively against the war.
(d) The English.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What illness did Hesse suffer from in Bern?

2. Whose rule did Hesse grow up under?

3. What did Hesse begin to write in 1884?

4. Where did Hesse travel after he left his wife?

5. How was "Siddhartha" received?

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