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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How did Hesse feel in Tubingen?
(a) Productive and happy.
(b) Confused and desperate.
(c) Lonely and isolated.
(d) Messianic and ill.

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

5. How did Hesse react to his loneliness?
(a) He wrote adventure stories.
(b) He traveled.
(c) He drank.
(d) He read avidly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Hesse rejected from military service?

2. Where was the house Hesse rented in Ostermundigen located?

3. What does "Narcissus and Goldmund" portray, according to Freedman?

4. What was Hesse's relationship with the works he began to write in Tubingen?

5. Where did Hesse begin to spend time in 1930?

(see the answer key)

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