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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. What did Hesse realize about his problems in 1922?
(a) They were mostly financial.
(b) They were imaginary.
(c) They resulted from actual illness.
(d) They were primarily psychological.

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

3. Hesse ultimately died of _____________.
(a) Heart disease.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Leukemia.
(d) Suicide.

4. Which book resulted from Hesse's experiences of 1923?
(a) "Demian."
(b) "Steppenwolf."
(c) "Piktor's Metamorphoses."
(d) "Siddhartha."

5. 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 satirical of Swiss culture.
(c) It is historical fiction.
(d) It is a dream sequence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Hesse working on in the summer of 1930?

2. How was "Narcissus and Goldmund" received?

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

4. When did Hesse finish writing "Steppenwolf"?

5. Why did Hesse's work on "The Glass Bead Game" stop in 1933?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the Hesses celebrate at the end of 1945?

2. Describe the impact of the Great War on Hesse.

3. How did Hesse's marriage to Ruth progress?

4. What did Hesse portray in 'Narcissus and Goldmund'?

5. How was Hesse supporting himself and his family?

6. Describe "Piktor's Metamorphosis" and Hesse's later writing.

7. Describe the novel "Siddhartha."

8. What effect did the deteriorating state of things in Germany have on Hesse?

9. What was Hesse's experience with psychoanalysis?

10. How did Hesse react to the end of the war in Europe?

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