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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Hans and Elsie Bodmer do for Hesse?
(a) Built a house for him.
(b) Educated his children.
(c) Gave him a place to stay during his travels.
(d) Kept his garden for him.

2. Whose rule did Hesse grow up under?
(a) Czar Alexander II.
(b) Queen Victoria.
(c) Bismarck.
(d) Bonaparte.

3. Who was Ruth Wenger?
(a) Hesse's second wife.
(b) Hesse's publisher.
(c) Hesse's secretary.
(d) Hesse's mistress.

4. How does Freedman explain Hesse's interest in Asian culture?
(a) He says it renewed Hesse's faith in humanity.
(b) He says that it changed the topic from Hesse's failing marriage.
(c) He says it connected Hesse with his dead parents.
(d) He says it assuaged Hesse's depression.

5. What did writing manage for Hesse?
(a) His financial worries.
(b) His feelings for his wives.
(c) His doubts about his parents.
(d) Psychological crises.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hesse do with friends Hans Drach and Heinrich Jennen?

2. What gave Hesse difficulties as he got older?

3. What book did Hesse publish in 1911 that was based on his travels to India?

4. How did Hesse describe his conflicted feelings in his writing?

5. Where would Hesse spend time with Ruth Wenger?

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