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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Hesse realize about his problems in 1922?
(a) They were mostly financial.
(b) They were imaginary.
(c) They resulted from actual illness.
(d) They were primarily psychological.

3. When did Hesse learn to see a connection between art and rebellion?
(a) When his older brother ran away to a music conservatory.
(b) When his uncle married a dancer against his family's wishes.
(c) When he wanted to go to art school but was denied.
(d) When his mother left his father for an actor.

4. What family trait does Freedman say Hesse seems to have inherited?
(a) Philandering.
(b) Bonhomie.
(c) Mental illness.
(d) Creativity.

5. When did Hesse arrive in Tubingen?
(a) 1888.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1895.
(d) 1890.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Hesse's first child's name?

2. What happened when Hesse was called fro duty in 1915?

3. When did Hesse begin to run away from school?

4. What medical event took place in 1909 for Hesse?

5. Where did Hesse visit his family in 1902?

(see the answer key)

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