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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who was Hesse's closest friend in Tubingen?
(a) Finckh.
(b) Ugel.
(c) Rupp.
(d) Hamelehle.

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

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

9. Where did Hesse work once he had royalties coming in from his published works?
(a) A library.
(b) A law firm.
(c) A bookstore.
(d) A factory.

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

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

12. 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.

13. How did Hesse's income change in his new job?
(a) It decreased slightly.
(b) It increased slightly.
(c) It declined.
(d) It doubled.

14. For what reason was Hesse determined to be an artist?
(a) His brother's failure.
(b) His father's example.
(c) He wanted to rebel against his father.
(d) His mother's inspiration.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Hesse react to his loneliness?

2. Hesse did NOT suffer from _____________.

3. Freedman said that the tensions in Hesse's works came from ________________.

4. When were Hesse's parents married?

5. When did Hesse reach the height of his popularity?

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