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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word best describes the woman Sinclair sees in the park?
(a) Feminine
(b) Fun
(c) Petite
(d) Boyish

2. What bird does Demian call Sinclair's attention to?
(a) A sparrow hawk
(b) A blue tit
(c) A robin
(d) An eagle

3. Who does Sinclair meet for the first time in chapter 2?
(a) Max Demian
(b) Johnny Rotten
(c) Franz Kromer
(d) Johann Halzburg

4. Who is Demian the son of?
(a) A wealthy widow
(b) A priest
(c) A poor widower
(d) A lawyer

5. What do the students think Demian knows?
(a) How to steal
(b) Love
(c) How to converse
(d) Everything

6. Who does Demian say he would have as a friend rather than the repentant thief?
(a) Pontius Pilate
(b) The unrepentant man
(c) The Roman guards
(d) Mary Magdelene

7. Where does Sinclair see the woman he becomes fixated on?
(a) A park
(b) The school kitchens
(c) A pub
(d) A restaurant

8. What does Demian think Cain is marked for?
(a) Sin
(b) Eternal life
(c) Shame
(d) Distinction

9. What is half the body of the sparrow hawk stuck in?
(a) Mud
(b) A dark globe
(c) An egg
(d) Sand

10. Who does Sinclair blame for his lack of feeling?
(a) Kromer
(b) His parents
(c) Demian
(d) Himself

11. What does Sinclair describe Demian as?
(a) A lynchpin
(b) A king
(c) A prince
(d) A gambler

12. What secret does Demian share with Sinclair in this chapter?
(a) The ability to take away people's power
(b) How to steal books
(c) How to get girls
(d) The ability to read thoughts

13. What does Demian encourage Sinclair to interpret with imagination?
(a) Dreams
(b) Religious stories
(c) Bible lessons
(d) People's thoughts

14. What does Sinclair drink with Alfons?
(a) Wine
(b) Beer
(c) Lemonade
(d) Whiskey

15. What does Sinclair contemplate in this opening chapter?
(a) Suicide
(b) Leaving home
(c) Finding a wife
(d) Becoming a priest

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Sinclair ask about Demian's interpretation of Cain and Abel?

2. What does Sinclair call the woman he meets in the park?

3. Who does Demian say presides over the bad side of the world?

4. Who does Sinclair try to impress in the opening chapter?

5. What kind of apples does Sinclair say he steals?

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