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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did Hesse marry Ninon?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1936.
(c) 1931.
(d) 1933.

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

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

5. How does Freedman explain Hesse's interest in Asian culture?
(a) He says it assuaged Hesse's depression.
(b) He says it renewed Hesse's faith in humanity.
(c) He says it connected Hesse with his dead parents.
(d) He says that it changed the topic from Hesse's failing marriage.

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

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

8. What began to replace Hesse's work after "Siddhartha"?
(a) Plays.
(b) Reviews and essays.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Legal papers.

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

10. What did Hesse do for escape while Ruth's father was dying?
(a) Traveled.
(b) Studied medicine.
(c) Went to concerts.
(d) Studied myths and religion.

11. What happened to Hesse's royalties in 1935?
(a) They were donated to the government.
(b) They were reduced by German inflation.
(c) They were cut off.
(d) They were taken by the National Socialists.

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

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

14. How did Hesse spend his time at home when he wasn't traveling or lecturing?
(a) In the library.
(b) In the taverns.
(c) With his wife and children.
(d) Alone in his study.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Hesse describe his experience with depression and what he did to overcome it?

2. What was Hesse's last novel?

3. What was the result of Hesse's marriage to his second wife?

4. How was "On Toward Peace" altered?

5. Where did Hesse spend New Years in 1926?

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