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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How does Freedman describe Hesse's world growing up?
(a) As unmolested.
(b) As divided.
(c) As hostile.
(d) As impregnable.

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

5. What was Hesse primarily working on in 1907?
(a) Book reviews.
(b) Raising his small children.
(c) Raising money for his debts.
(d) A novel "Gertrud."

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

7. Where did Hesse meet Herr Bernoulli?
(a) Through his parents.
(b) Through his music circle.
(c) Through his publisher.
(d) Through the bookstore.

8. What relation did Hesse's work have with his friendships?
(a) He would use his friends as characters.
(b) He learned from his friends, but he did not write about them.
(c) He described his friendships in detail in his work.
(d) His work had nothing to do with his friends.

9. What was the name of the periodical to which Hesse contributed around the time of his first child's birth?
(a) South Germany.
(b) Modernism.
(c) The Times.
(d) Futurism.

10. What novel was Hesse finishing when he returned to work after his mother's death?
(a) Hermann Lauscher.
(b) Siddhartha.
(c) Peter Camenzind.
(d) Steppenwolf.

11. What cultures are blended in Hesse's writing?
(a) Swiss and French.
(b) Austrian and Italian.
(c) Alsatian and German.
(d) German and Swiss.

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

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

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

15. What reason does Freedman give for Hesse's choice of subject matter?
(a) Hesse was trying to unravel the mystery of his birth.
(b) Hesse was looking for a sense of self.
(c) Hesse was trying to purge a sense of inherited guilt.
(d) Hesse was trying to prophesy a better future.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Hesse do with friends Hans Drach and Heinrich Jennen?

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

4. Who was Hesse's closest friend in Tubingen?

5. Where did Hesse begin to develop a social life in Tubingen?

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