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

3. What did Hesse write after "Siddhartha"?
(a) Short stories.
(b) "Demian."
(c) "Piktor's Metamorphoses."
(d) "Peter Camenzind."

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

5. What caused people to leave Germany in 1933?
(a) The rise of communism.
(b) The German war reparations clause in the peace that concluded WW I.
(c) The decline of law and order.
(d) The rise of the National Socialists.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. What did Hesse's travels do for his problems?
(a) They compounded them with new affairs and money problems.
(b) They introduced him to patrons who helped him.
(c) They did not solve them.
(d) They gave him spiritual peace but drained his finances.

15. What happened to Hesse when the Great War began in 1914?
(a) He was called to service in India.
(b) He fled to Switzerland to escape military service.
(c) He was called for service in Germany.
(d) He was called to service in France.