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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the subject of Hesse's book "Rosshalde"?
(a) The Hesses' lives in 1912-13.
(b) Hesse's childhood.
(c) Hesse's unhappy marriage.
(d) Hesse's children's birth.

2. To what does the novel "Narcissus and Goldmund" appeal, in Freedman's account?
(a) The senses.
(b) The moral sense.
(c) The religious sense.
(d) German nationalism.

3. Where did Hesse begin to develop a social life in Tubingen?
(a) At the library.
(b) At his aunt's house.
(c) At the bars.
(d) At his workplace.

4. Which writer was not a member of the circle of Hesse's friends in Tubingen?
(a) Carlo Hamelehle.
(b) Ludwig Ugel.
(c) Ludwig Finckh.
(d) Oskar Rupp.

5. Who was Hesse spending his time with by 1928?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Maria.
(c) Elsie Bodmer.
(d) Ninon.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was "Demian" received?

2. How did Hesse feel in Tubingen?

3. Which side did Hesse favor in WW I?

4. Hesse did NOT suffer from _____________.

5. What was Hesse working on in the summer of 1930?

(see the answer key)

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