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

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

3. What did Hesse and Ninon celebrate at the end of 1945?
(a) Ninon's 50th birthday.
(b) The end of the war.
(c) Hesse's Nobel Prize.
(d) Hesse's 70th birthday.

4. How was "Demian" received?
(a) It was a success.
(b) It did not get much notice.
(c) It was overshadowed by the war.
(d) It was a crushing defeat.

5. To what does the novel "Narcissus and Goldmund" appeal, in Freedman's account?
(a) The senses.
(b) The moral sense.
(c) German nationalism.
(d) The religious sense.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do Narcissus and Goldmund represent, in Freedman's account of "Narcissus and Goldmund"?

3. Who was Ninon Dolbin?

4. Which side did Hesse favor in WW I?

5. What does "Narcissus and Goldmund" portray, according to Freedman?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Freedman say Hesse represented with "Steppenwolf"?

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

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

4. Describe "The Glass Bead Game."

5. What was Hesse's social position by the mid-to-late 1920s?

6. In what ways was "Steppenwolf" stylistically new for Hesse?

7. Who was Ruth Wenger?

8. Describe Hesse's travels in 1924 and 1925.

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

10. Describe Hesse's last years and death.

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