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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, The Call.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the town Knecht's first school is located?
(a) Genau
(b) Grossartig
(c) Berolfingen
(d) Biroschon

2. What two countries does the author state the Game originated in?
(a) Japan and Korea
(b) England and Germany
(c) Greece and China
(d) Russia and Poland

3. Who does the author call the historian of literature?
(a) Thomas Mann
(b) Herman Hesse
(c) Plinium Ziegenhalss
(d) Pythagoras

4. Where does the author say Knecht was destined for?
(a) Heaven
(b) Hollywood
(c) Legend
(d) Castalia

5. Who sees Knecht off at the train station?
(a) His headmaster
(b) His German teacher
(c) His music teacher
(d) His Latin teacher

Short Answer Questions

1. Who visits Knecht in this chapter?

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

3. What was the second academic subject that the Game embraced?

4. What kind of exercise did the Glass Bead Game start off as?

5. What does the author say music comes from?

(see the answer key)

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