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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Hesse do to contribute to the war effort?
(a) Hesse donated the proceeds from his books.
(b) Hesse campaigned against the war.
(c) Hesse wrote propaganda for the ministry of war.
(d) Hesse collected books for German prisoners.

2. Where was the house Hesse rented in Ostermundigen located?
(a) On an estate.
(b) Near the ocean.
(c) On a mountainside.
(d) By a lake.

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

4. What happened in Hesse's family in 1916?
(a) His son died.
(b) He and his wife separated.
(c) His mother died.
(d) His father died.

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

6. Where did Hesse spend most of WW II?
(a) Montagnola.
(b) Basel.
(c) Geneva.
(d) Baden.

7. What happened to Ninon in 1937?
(a) She wrote a book about Hesse.
(b) She had surgery.
(c) Her parents died.
(d) Friends of hers were killed in Germany.

8. How does Freedman describe Hesse's work on "Siddhartha"?
(a) As a search for meaning.
(b) As a catharsis.
(c) As a spiritual experience.
(d) As a form of therapy.

9. Which book resulted from Hesse's experiences of 1923?
(a) "Siddhartha."
(b) "Demian."
(c) "Piktor's Metamorphoses."
(d) "Steppenwolf."

10. Whom did Hesse fall afoul of by protesting the alteration of his poem?
(a) Ninon.
(b) The Americans.
(c) His family.
(d) The East Germans.

11. What was the benefit of writing editorial pieces for Hesse?
(a) He got income.
(b) He educated himself.
(c) He became politically active.
(d) He achieved fame for it.

12. What did Hesse work on from 1931 to 1942?
(a) "Steppenwolf."
(b) A poem on peace.
(c) "The Glass Bead Game."
(d) "Narcissus and Goldmund."

13. How does Freedman describe Hesse's lifestyle after leaving Bern?
(a) Monastic but productive.
(b) Aimless and uncomfortable.
(c) Liberated and debased.
(d) Sensational and insincere.

14. What was the subject of Hesse's book "Rosshalde"?
(a) Hesse's childhood.
(b) Hesse's unhappy marriage.
(c) Hesse's children's birth.
(d) The Hesses' lives in 1912-13.

15. Why did Hesse decide not to make any public statements about German politics in the 1930s?
(a) He had mixed feelings about German politics.
(b) He was persuaded not to by his friends.
(c) He feared for his life.
(d) He wanted to retain his German audience.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "Narcissus and Goldmund" portray, according to Freedman?

2. When did Hesse marry Ninon?

3. What was Hesse working on in the summer of 1930?

4. What did Hesse win in 1946?

5. When did Hesse die?

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