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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Hesse begin to visit when he took a new job after Tubingen?
(a) The Royal Palaces.
(b) Art museums.
(c) His parents' house.
(d) His aunt's house.

2. Hesse's upbringing was influenced by the cultures of __________________.
(a) Switzerland and France.
(b) India and Germany.
(c) South Africa and Switzerland.
(d) Italy and Germany.

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

4. Where did Hesse take work after Tubingen?
(a) Basel.
(b) Geneva.
(c) Calw.
(d) Frankfurt.

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

6. 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.

7. What circles was Hesse running in when he took his job after Tubingen?
(a) Artists and professors.
(b) Writers and radicals.
(c) Painters and sculptors.
(d) Prostitutes and vagrants.

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. Why did Hesse travel to the spa at Badenweiler?
(a) For recuperation.
(b) For his children's health.
(c) For his wife's health.
(d) For a mistress.

15. What family trait does Freedman say Hesse seems to have inherited?
(a) Mental illness.
(b) Creativity.
(c) Bonhomie.
(d) Philandering.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Hesse begin to publish his poems?

2. How did Hesse feel in Tubingen?

3. What was Hesse's parents' profession?

4. What did Hesse do in 1907?

5. When were Hesse's parents married?

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