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

2. What caused people to leave Germany in 1933?
(a) The rise of communism.
(b) The German war reparations clause in the peace that concluded WW I.
(c) The decline of law and order.
(d) The rise of the National Socialists.

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

4. What did Hesse do to contribute to the war effort?
(a) Hesse donated the proceeds from his books.
(b) Hesse collected books for German prisoners.
(c) Hesse wrote propaganda for the ministry of war.
(d) Hesse campaigned against the war.

5. Why did Hesse's work on "The Glass Bead Game" stop in 1933?
(a) Domestic disturbances.
(b) Illness.
(c) Writer's block.
(d) Depression.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hesse's followers say about his writing after "Steppenwolf"?

2. What happened to Hesse's work in Germany as a result of Hesse's protest over the alteration of his poem?

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

4. What happened when Hesse began to try to paint his dreams?

5. What was Hesse planning to do when he visited the spa in Baden in 1923?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe "The Glass Bead Game."

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

3. How was Hesse supporting himself and his family?

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

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

6. What was Hesse's experience with psychoanalysis?

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

8. Describe the novel "Siddhartha."

9. Who was Ruth Wenger?

10. What strains was Hesse feeling after he wrote "Siddhartha"?

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