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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Freedman said that the tensions in Hesse's works came from ________________.
(a) Conflicts between Hesse and his parents.
(b) The conflicts in the air during Hesse's times.
(c) Conflicting impulses in Hesse's life.
(d) Traumatic experiences Hesse had in childhood.

2. What group did Hesse's work appeal to?
(a) The Youth Movement.
(b) The Futurists.
(c) The Modernists.
(d) The Naturists.

3. What did Hesse begin to write in 1884?
(a) Novels.
(b) Poetry.
(c) History.
(d) Plays.

4. When did Hesse begin to run away from school?
(a) Within a few months.
(b) In his last year.
(c) In his second year.
(d) After a few days.

5. Which writer was not a member of the circle of Hesse's friends in Tubingen?
(a) Ludwig Ugel.
(b) Oskar Rupp.
(c) Ludwig Finckh.
(d) Carlo Hamelehle.

6. Where did Hesse spend Christmas 1902?
(a) Italy.
(b) London.
(c) The Alps.
(d) Black Forest.

7. What was Hesse's work in Tubingen?
(a) Bookseller's apprentice.
(b) Law student.
(c) Clockmaker's apprentice.
(d) Factory worker.

8. What culture did Hesse participate in?
(a) Industrial culture.
(b) Imperial culture.
(c) Victorian culture.
(d) Counter culture.

9. When were Hesse and Maria married?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1905.
(c) 1903.
(d) 1904.

10. Where was Hesse born?
(a) Innsbruck.
(b) Swabia.
(c) Basel.
(d) Geneva.

11. What was Hesse's first child's name?
(a) Matthias.
(b) Bruno.
(c) Martin.
(d) Angela.

12. After Tubingen, how often did Hesse return home from his new job to visit family for holidays?
(a) Occasionally.
(b) Frequently.
(c) Often.
(d) Rarely.

13. When was interest in Hesse's work revived?
(a) 2000s.
(b) 1960s.
(c) 1980s.
(d) 1940s.

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

15. What did Hesse write while waiting to marry?
(a) "Steppenwolf."
(b) "Beneath the Wheel."
(c) Biographical sketches.
(d) "Peter Camenzind."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Hesse travel to the spa at Badenweiler?

3. For what reason was Hesse determined to be an artist?

4. How did Hesse handle his mother's death in 1902?

5. What does Freedman say about artists at the beginning of his biography of Hesse?

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