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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can Sinclair not say good bye to Demian?
(a) Demian is attending the same school
(b) He is away on a trip
(c) He is meditating
(d) They have had an argument

2. Who does Sinclair want to save him?
(a) His mother
(b) Demian
(c) Kromer
(d) His father

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

4. Which of the following sorts of people were in Sinclair's class?
(a) Orphans
(b) Chimney sweepers
(c) Sons of mayors
(d) Sons of factory workers

5. Who does Demian say presides over the bad side of the world?
(a) Sinclair
(b) God
(c) The devil
(d) Gabriel

6. What does Sinclair attempt in this chapter?
(a) To apologize to his father
(b) To withdraw into himself
(c) To talk to a woman
(d) To give a bible class

7. What book is the story of Cain and Abel from?
(a) Psalms
(b) Genesis
(c) Numbers
(d) Exodus

8. What does Sinclair call the world outside the world of light?
(a) The forbidden realm
(b) The laughing realm
(c) The otherside
(d) The funhouse

9. Where does Sinclair have a troublesome meeting in the rain with Kromer?
(a) Kromer's house
(b) A cafe
(c) The town square
(d) The school gym

10. What does Demian say causes a person to enter the dark side?
(a) Thinking
(b) Opening your eyes
(c) Loving
(d) Be yourself

11. What kind of state does Sinclair find Demian in in this chapter?
(a) A crying fit
(b) Dead
(c) A trance
(d) A seizure

12. What kind of stories do the workmen tell?
(a) Fables
(b) Sea stories
(c) Myths
(d) Ghost stories

13. What is the name of the main character?
(a) Eva Schultz
(b) Emil Sinclair
(c) Demian
(d) Franz Kromer

14. What else does Sinclair think is threat to his security?
(a) His black sense of humor
(b) His bad thoughts
(c) His sexuality
(d) His eating habits

15. What are the students surprised that Demian and his mother do not attend?
(a) Church
(b) Christmas carols
(c) Parents evening
(d) School

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of school did Sinclair go to?

2. What does Sinclair say the face in his portrait is?

3. What does Kromer demand from Sinclair?

4. What does SInclair say he is torn between in this chapter?

5. What do the students think Demian knows?

(see the answer keys)

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