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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Hesse not travel to accept his award?
(a) He was afraid to travel.
(b) He could not afford it.
(c) He wanted to protest the censorship of other writers.
(d) His health was bad.

2. What was the subject of Hesse's book "Rosshalde"?
(a) Hesse's unhappy marriage.
(b) The Hesses' lives in 1912-13.
(c) Hesse's children's birth.
(d) Hesse's childhood.

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

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

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

6. How was "Narcissus and Goldmund" received?
(a) Well.
(b) Poorly.
(c) With mixed reviews.
(d) With critical silence.

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

8. Where did Hesse begin to spend time in 1930?
(a) Montagnola.
(b) Baden.
(c) Chanterella.
(d) India.

9. What does the city represent in "Steppenwolf"?
(a) Confusion and being lost.
(b) Human civilization.
(c) Hesse's internal psychology.
(d) Corruption.

10. What happened in Hesse's family in 1916?
(a) His father died.
(b) His son died.
(c) He and his wife separated.
(d) His mother died.

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

12. What did writing manage for Hesse?
(a) His financial worries.
(b) His doubts about his parents.
(c) His feelings for his wives.
(d) Psychological crises.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hesse win in 1946?

2. When did Hesse marry Ninon?

3. Where was the house Hesse rented in Ostermundigen located?

4. How did Hesse spend time with Ruth in 1922?

5. What did Hesse write after "Siddhartha"?

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