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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the real name of the current deputy?
(a) Dubios
(b) Betram
(c) Zbinden
(d) Von der Trave

4. What kind of student is Designori?
(a) Master student
(b) Senior student
(c) Guest student
(d) Elite student

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

6. What do Knecht and Father Jacobus discuss?
(a) The Glass Bead Game
(b) Castalia
(c) Christianity
(d) Islam

7. What kind of school do his teachers recommend him for?
(a) Grammar school
(b) Elite school
(c) Special needs school
(d) Music school

8. Who does Knecht spend time with at Mariafels?
(a) Father Davison
(b) The Abbot
(c) Father Jacobus
(d) Father Zinden

9. Why is Knecht different from Mozart and Bach?
(a) He was a mathamatician
(b) He was born in China
(c) He did not leave any work behind
(d) He did not marry

10. What was the name of Knecht's first school?
(a) Science school
(b) School of Communications
(c) Music and Art school
(d) Latin school

11. What do people think is the only thing Waldzell graduates are good for?
(a) Music
(b) The Glass Bead Game
(c) Writing
(d) Academic life

12. Who does Designori say he won a struggle with?
(a) The Magister
(b) Knecht
(c) The headmaster
(d) His father

13. What does Knecht decide to concentrate on instead of the Glass Bead Game?
(a) Poems
(b) Music
(c) History
(d) Novels

14. What is the name of the new Magister?
(a) Fredrich
(b) Zbinden
(c) Jacques
(d) Dubois

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do common people call people from the Order?

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

3. Who selects the Deputy?

4. Who does Knecht have to be cleared by before he joins the outside world?

5. What game did Knecht play?

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