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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Hesse's poem "On Toward Peace" published in altered form?
(a) Stuttgart.
(b) Geneva.
(c) Munich.
(d) Basel.

2. Where did Hesse spend the summer of 1945?
(a) Rigi-Kaltbad.
(b) Montagnola.
(c) Baden.
(d) Calw.

3. How did Hesse spend time with Ruth in 1922?
(a) Hiking and walking.
(b) Traveling to America.
(c) Traveling to Asia.
(d) Traveling to Italy.

4. Where did Hesse eventually settle after leaving Bern?
(a) Lorraine.
(b) Nice.
(c) Geneva.
(d) Montagnola.

5. When did Hesse finish writing "Steppenwolf"?
(a) Late 1926.
(b) Late 1927.
(c) Early 1927.
(d) Early 1926.

6. Where did Hesse travel after he left his wife?
(a) Italy.
(b) France.
(c) Poland.
(d) India.

7. What do Narcissus and Goldmund represent, in Freedman's account of "Narcissus and Goldmund"?
(a) Two halves of a divided self.
(b) Nature and language.
(c) Male and female principles.
(d) Past and future.

8. Who was Ruth Wenger?
(a) Hesse's mistress.
(b) Hesse's second wife.
(c) Hesse's secretary.
(d) Hesse's publisher.

9. When did Hesse die?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1966.
(d) 1962.

10. What happened when Hesse was called fro duty in 1915?
(a) He got his family to hire a lawyer to get him out of his service.
(b) He ran away.
(c) He entered service but never returned from his first leave.
(d) He failed the physical.

11. What was the result of Hesse's marriage to his second wife?
(a) He was in a clinic within two months.
(b) They divorced almost immediately.
(c) He looked for every occasion to be away from home.
(d) They lived happily together for their first years.

12. According to Freedman, what experience did Hesse describe in "Steppenwolf"?
(a) Language acquisition.
(b) Warfare.
(c) Neurotic breakdown.
(d) Collective neurosis.

13. Beginning in 1926, what did Hesse do to overcome his depression?
(a) Attended masked balls.
(b) Drank.
(c) Painted.
(d) Used drugs.

14. What part of Hesse's protest about the alteration of his poem raised ire against him?
(a) His association of Americans with war profiteers.
(b) His celebration of Swiss neutrality.
(c) His list of war crimes committed on both sides.
(d) His use of the word barbarianism.

15. What was Hesse working on in the summer of 1930?
(a) "Steppenwolf."
(b) "Siddhartha."
(c) "The Glass Bead Game."
(d) "Journey to the East."

Short Answer Questions

1. What gave Hesse difficulties as he got older?

2. What caused people to leave Germany in 1933?

3. What does Freedman say the period of Hesse's renewed writing and painting after separating from his wife is called?

4. What happened to Hesse when the Great War began in 1914?

5. What did Hesse do for escape while Ruth's father was dying?

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