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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did Hesse find attractive about the place where he eventually settled after leaving Bern?
(a) The cultural life.
(b) Its atmosphere.
(c) The proximity to his wife.
(d) The political stability.

4. What was it about Ninon that made Hesse irritable?
(a) Her taste.
(b) Her absence.
(c) Her ideas.
(d) Her whims.

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

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

7. How did Hesse's German audience change during the war?
(a) His works were banned.
(b) A devoted underground read him.
(c) He fell into obscurity because his work was not relevant to the war.
(d) His work was endorsed by the Nazis.

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

9. Who was Hesse spending his time with by 1928?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Maria.
(c) Ninon.
(d) Elsie Bodmer.

10. How did Hesse try to clarify "Siddhartha"?
(a) With a German fairy tale.
(b) With a personal memoir.
(c) With a book of criticism.
(d) With a surreal book of dreams.

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

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

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

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

15. What did Hans and Elsie Bodmer do for Hesse?
(a) Educated his children.
(b) Kept his garden for him.
(c) Gave him a place to stay during his travels.
(d) Built a house for him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hesse win in 1946?

2. In what role did "Siddhartha" put Hesse?

3. What did Hesse's travels do for his problems?

4. How was "Siddhartha" received?

5. Where would Hesse spend time with Ruth Wenger?

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