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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 win in August 1936?
(a) The Bauernfeld Prize.
(b) The Gottfried Keller Prize.
(c) The Frankfurt Goethe Prize.
(d) The Nobel Prize for Literature.

2. According to Freedman, what experience did Hesse describe in "Steppenwolf"?
(a) Collective neurosis.
(b) Language acquisition.
(c) Warfare.
(d) Neurotic breakdown.

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

4. What was the result of Hesse's marriage to his second wife?
(a) They lived happily together for their first years.
(b) He looked for every occasion to be away from home.
(c) He was in a clinic within two months.
(d) They divorced almost immediately.

5. How was "Siddhartha" received?
(a) It was accepted, and its following grew over the years.
(b) Critics lambasted it.
(c) Readers rejected it.
(d) Critics lionized it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused people to leave Germany in 1933?

2. Who was Ruth Wenger?

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

4. How does Freedman explain Hesse's interest in Asian culture?

5. What did Hesse and Ninon celebrate at the end of 1945?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe the period when Hesse's marriage began to crumble.

5. How does Freedman say that Hesse's writing and his life paralleled each other?

6. What was Hesse's experience with psychoanalysis?

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

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

9. Describe the novel "Rosshalde."

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

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