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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 caused stress and illness for Hesse?
(a) Financial problems.
(b) His children.
(c) His relationship with Ruth.
(d) His marriage.

2. What began to replace Hesse's work after "Siddhartha"?
(a) Legal papers.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Reviews and essays.
(d) Plays.

3. Where was Hesse's poem "On Toward Peace" published in altered form?
(a) Basel.
(b) Munich.
(c) Stuttgart.
(d) Geneva.

4. What happened to Hesse when the Great War began in 1914?
(a) He was called for service in Germany.
(b) He was called to service in France.
(c) He fled to Switzerland to escape military service.
(d) He was called to service in India.

5. How does Freedman explain Hesse's interest in Asian culture?
(a) He says it renewed Hesse's faith in humanity.
(b) He says that it changed the topic from Hesse's failing marriage.
(c) He says it connected Hesse with his dead parents.
(d) He says it assuaged Hesse's depression.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Hesse travel after he left his wife?

2. When did Hesse marry Ninon?

3. With whom did Hesse break because of politics?

4. Why did Hesse decide not to make any public statements about German politics in the 1930s?

5. How does Freedman describe Hesse's work on "Siddhartha"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the novel "Rosshalde."

2. Describe the novel "Siddhartha."

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

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

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

6. Who was Ruth Wenger?

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

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

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

10. How was Hesse supporting himself and his family?

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