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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How long were Hesse's work days?
(a) Twelve hours.
(b) Six hours.
(c) Ten hours.
(d) Eight hours.

4. What was Hesse's earliest memory?
(a) Being lifted to a mountain vista.
(b) Seeing a shooting star.
(c) Being lost at a market.
(d) Nearly drowning in the bathtub.

5. What was Hesse's family's religion?
(a) Calvinist.
(b) Catholic.
(c) Quaker.
(d) Piet.

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

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

8. How did Hesse feel about his novel "Gertrud?"
(a) He knew it would be misunderstood.
(b) He felt nervous about having taken risks.
(c) He felt it was not as strong as his other work.
(d) He felt it was his best work yet.

9. Where was Hesse apprenticed before he was brought home?
(a) To a bookseller.
(b) To a factory.
(c) To a lawyer.
(d) To a missionary.

10. Hesse did NOT suffer from _____________.
(a) Headaches.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Insomnia.
(d) Nausea

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

12. When was "Peter Camenzind" published?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1906.
(c) 1903.
(d) 1905.

13. Where did Hesse's grandfather marry his wife?
(a) In India.
(b) In England.
(c) In South Africa.
(d) In Switzerland.

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

15. Hesse run away from school to __________.
(a) Basel.
(b) Geneva.
(c) Salzburg.
(d) Stuttgart.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Freedman say is the relationship between an artist's work and his life?

3. When were Hesse's parents married?

4. What did Hesse record in special notebooks?

5. What circles was Hesse running in when he took his job after Tubingen?

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