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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Years of Freedom.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Asian doctrine do the life essays examine?
(a) Karma
(b) Yin and Yang
(c) Meditation
(d) Reincarnation

2. What is the name of Knecht's headmaster?
(a) Plinio
(b) Ferremonte
(c) Designori
(d) Zbinden

3. Who asks Knecht to write him a yearly letter?
(a) Designori
(b) His aunt
(c) His music teacher
(d) The Music Master

4. What subject does the author say the Glass Bead game is tied up with?
(a) Science
(b) Maths
(c) Music
(d) Literature

5. What kind of exercise did the Glass Bead Game start off as?
(a) A writing exercise
(b) A memory improvement exercise
(c) A IQ exercise
(d) A multiple choice exercise

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of people first played the Glass Bead Game?

2. What is the supreme head of the game known as?

3. What school does Knecht tell his Music Master he would like to enter?

4. Why is Knecht different from Mozart and Bach?

5. In what context does Hesse say he will report on Knecht's life?

(see the answer key)

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