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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Hesse's first child born?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1905.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1904.

2. What does Freedman say about artists at the beginning of his biography of Hesse?
(a) They hide behind masks.
(b) They always avoid confronting their true selves.
(c) They are always searching for themselves.
(d) They expose themselves in their work.

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

4. How was Hesse seen by his parents from early childhood?
(a) As placid.
(b) As intractable.
(c) As mercurial.
(d) As enigmatic.

5. What happened when Hesse began to try to paint his dreams?
(a) He broke with many of his old friends.
(b) His marriage came apart.
(c) His books ceased to be reviewed favorably.
(d) His books became more popular than ever.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Hesse born?

2. Where did Hesse's grandfather marry his wife?

3. What culture did Hesse participate in?

4. What did Hesse write while waiting to marry?

5. Why did Herr Bernoulli refuse his daughter's hand to Hesse?

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