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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 imaginary.
(b) They were mostly financial.
(c) They resulted from actual illness.
(d) They were primarily psychological.

2. Where did Hesse travel after he left his wife?
(a) France.
(b) Italy.
(c) Poland.
(d) India.

3. What was Hesse working on in the summer of 1930?
(a) "The Glass Bead Game."
(b) "Steppenwolf."
(c) "Siddhartha."
(d) "Journey to the East."

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

5. Where did Hesse describe his experience with depression and what he did to overcome it?
(a) In "Steppenwolf."
(b) In his book reviews.
(c) In essays.
(d) In his letters to Maria.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Hesse die?

2. What did Hesse write after "Siddhartha"?

3. How was "On Toward Peace" altered?

4. What happened in Hesse's family in 1916?

5. Who was Hesse spending his time with by 1928?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the progress of Hesse's relationship with Ninon Dolbin.

2. Describe the novel "Siddhartha."

3. Describe Hesse's last years and death.

4. How did Hesse react to the critic who attacked him in Germany?

5. Describe Hesse's travels in 1928-1929.

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

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

8. What prizes did Hesse win in 1946?

9. What was Hesse's experience with psychoanalysis?

10. What physical problems was Hesse having at the end of the 1920s and the beginning of the 1930s?

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