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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was "Demian" received?
(a) It was a success.
(b) It did not get much notice.
(c) It was a crushing defeat.
(d) It was overshadowed by the war.

2. What was Hesse planning to do when he visited the spa in Baden in 1923?
(a) Leave Europe.
(b) Visit India.
(c) Divorce his wife.
(d) Marry Ruth.

3. What gave Hesse difficulties as he got older?
(a) His digestion.
(b) His appendix.
(c) His memory.
(d) His eyesight.

4. According to Freedman, what is unique about "Steppenwolf" when compared to Hesse's other works?
(a) It is satirical of Swiss culture.
(b) It is set in the modern world.
(c) It is a dream sequence.
(d) It is historical fiction.

5. 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.

6. What did Hesse win in 1946?
(a) The Nobel Prize for Literature.
(b) The Pulitzer Prize for Literature.
(c) The Bauernfeld Prize.
(d) The Gottfried Keller Priz.

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

8. What was Hesse's last novel?
(a) "The Glass Bead Game."
(b) "Narcissus and Goldmund."
(c) "Steppenwolf."
(d) "Journey to the East."

9. Whom was Hesse with on his fiftieth birthday?
(a) Maria and his children.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Elsie Bodmer.
(d) Ninon and his friend Hugo Ball.

10. Where did Hesse describe his experience with depression and what he did to overcome it?
(a) In "Steppenwolf."
(b) In his book reviews.
(c) In essays.
(d) In his letters to Maria.

11. What caused stress and illness for Hesse?
(a) Financial problems.
(b) His relationship with Ruth.
(c) His marriage.
(d) His children.

12. What was Hesse's relationship with Carl Jung?
(a) He studied with him.
(b) He went into therapy with him.
(c) He reviewed Jung's books.
(d) Jung reviewed his books.

13. How did Hesse describe his conflicted feelings in his writing?
(a) In his characters' reversals of decisions.
(b) In murky dreamscapes.
(c) In narrative incoherence.
(d) In killing off so many of his characters.

14. What happened when Hesse began to try to paint his dreams?
(a) His books ceased to be reviewed favorably.
(b) He broke with many of his old friends.
(c) His marriage came apart.
(d) His books became more popular than ever.

15. Who died in 1935?
(a) Maria.
(b) Carlo Hamelehle.
(c) Ninon.
(d) Samuel Fischer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Freedman explain Hesse's interest in Asian culture?

2. What happened when Hesse was called fro duty in 1915?

3. Which side did Hesse favor in WW I?

4. Where did Hesse spend New Years in 1926?

5. When did Hesse marry Ninon?

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