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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Freedman describe Hesse's marriage?
(a) Happy enough.
(b) Deeply content.
(c) Torturous.
(d) Not happy.

3. 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.

4. What medical event took place in 1909 for Hesse?
(a) He was hospitalized for depression.
(b) His appendix was removed.
(c) He injured his back.
(d) He had malaria.

5. What does Freedman say people look for in art?
(a) Gossip.
(b) Truths.
(c) Gods.
(d) Freedom.

6. After the birth of his son, how did Hesse spend a good deal of time?
(a) Traveling.
(b) Working at the bookstore.
(c) Writing book reviews.
(d) Visiting family.

7. When was Hesse born?
(a) 1882.
(b) 1887.
(c) 1877.
(d) 1885.

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

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

10. What did Hesse do in 1907?
(a) Published poetry and a novel.
(b) Moved to America.
(c) Spent a lot of time in spas.
(d) Built a house.

11. 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 he wanted to go to art school but was denied.
(c) When his mother left his father for an actor.
(d) When his uncle married a dancer against his family's wishes.

12. What did Hesse do with friends Hans Drach and Heinrich Jennen?
(a) Produced a play.
(b) Recited poetry.
(c) Rented a flat.
(d) Travelled.

13. What did Hesse begin to do in 1909?
(a) Have affairs.
(b) Lecture.
(c) Write poetry.
(d) Publish criticism.

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

15. What was Hesse's relationship with the works he began to write in Tubingen?
(a) He disowned them.
(b) He kept working on them until they sold.
(c) He burned them all.
(d) He incorporated them into his later work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What culture did Hesse participate in?

2. Hesse run away from school to __________.

3. Hesse did NOT suffer from _____________.

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

5. Hesse's upbringing was influenced by the cultures of __________________.

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