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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what reason was Hesse determined to be an artist?
(a) His mother's inspiration.
(b) He wanted to rebel against his father.
(c) His brother's failure.
(d) His father's example.

2. What changed Herr's refusal of Hesse's proposal to marry Maria Bernoulli?
(a) A change in his family's fortunes.
(b) The success of ''Steppenwolf."
(c) The success of "Peter Camenzind."
(d) The success of "Hermann Lauscher."

3. How does Freedman describe Hesse's world growing up?
(a) As divided.
(b) As unmolested.
(c) As hostile.
(d) As impregnable.

4. What did Hesse record in special notebooks?
(a) His dreams.
(b) His thoughts.
(c) His reading.
(d) His injuries.

5. What did Hesse do in 1907?
(a) Moved to America.
(b) Built a house.
(c) Published poetry and a novel.
(d) Spent a lot of time in spas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Freedman say about artists at the beginning of his biography of Hesse?

2. What circles was Hesse running in when he took his job after Tubingen?

3. What did Hesse begin to do in 1909?

4. How did Hesse's income change in his new job?

5. When did Hesse arrive in Tubingen?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Hesse meet his first wife?

2. What does Freedman say about artists' lives, at the beginning of the prologue?

3. How big was Hesse's family?

4. What was Hesse's social life like in Basel?

5. Under what circumstances did Hesse ultimately marry his first wife?

6. What circles did Hesse enter in Tubingen?

7. Describe Hesse's marriage with Maria.

8. What was Hesse's arrival in Tubingen like?

9. Where would Hesse run away from? Where would he run away to?

10. When were Hesse's sons born?

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