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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Hesse describe his conflicted feelings in his writing?
(a) In narrative incoherence.
(b) In his characters' reversals of decisions.
(c) In killing off so many of his characters.
(d) In murky dreamscapes.

2. When did Hesse return to work in the year of his mother's death?
(a) August.
(b) December.
(c) September.
(d) October.

3. What did Hesse do for escape while Ruth's father was dying?
(a) Studied myths and religion.
(b) Studied medicine.
(c) Went to concerts.
(d) Traveled.

4. What does the city represent in "Steppenwolf"?
(a) Corruption.
(b) Hesse's internal psychology.
(c) Human civilization.
(d) Confusion and being lost.

5. How did Hesse handle his mother's death in 1902?
(a) He did not attend the funeral.
(b) He grieved with his family.
(c) He delighted in the news.
(d) He had an emotional breakdown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gave Hesse difficulties as he got older?

2. What do Narcissus and Goldmund represent, in Freedman's account of "Narcissus and Goldmund"?

3. What was Hesse planning to do when he visited the spa in Baden in 1923?

4. What happened to Hesse's career in 1902?

5. What did Hesse find attractive about the place where he eventually settled after leaving Bern?

(see the answer key)

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