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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What happened to Hesse's work in Germany as a result of Hesse's protest over the alteration of his poem?
(a) It was reviewed harshly.
(b) It was more popular than ever.
(c) It dropped into obscurity.
(d) It was banned by the Americans.

4. What represents the psyche in "The Glass Bead Game"?
(a) Mathematical symbols.
(b) Colors and shapes.
(c) Female characters.
(d) A dialogue between lovers.

5. With whom did Hesse break because of politics?
(a) Hugo Ball.
(b) Samuel Fischer.
(c) Carlo Hamelehle.
(d) Ludwig Finckh.

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

7. Where would Hesse spend time with Ruth Wenger?
(a) In Montagnola.
(b) In Carona.
(c) In Monaco.
(d) In Nice.

8. What does Freedman say the period of Hesse's renewed writing and painting after separating from his wife is called?
(a) Hesse's renewal.
(b) Hesse's renaissance.
(c) Hesse's transition.
(d) Hesse's third new life.

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

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

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

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

13. 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.

14. Which side did Hesse favor in WW I?
(a) The Germans.
(b) The English.
(c) Hesse campaigned actively against the war.
(d) Hesse remained neutral and disinterested.

15. What did "The Glass Bead Game" represent, in Freedman's account?
(a) A proposal for pacifist political strategy in Germany.
(b) An escape from contemporary politics.
(c) A solution to the problems in German schools.
(d) A system that replaced the crumbling German culture.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened when Hesse began to try to paint his dreams?

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

3. When did Hesse die?

4. Why did Hesse not travel to accept his award?

5. What did Hesse work on from 1931 to 1942?

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