View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, pgs. 87-102.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Hesse record in special notebooks?
(a) His reading.
(b) His injuries.
(c) His dreams.
(d) His thoughts.

3. What was Hesse's work in Tubingen?
(a) Law student.
(b) Factory worker.
(c) Clockmaker's apprentice.
(d) Bookseller's apprentice.

4. What did Hesse begin to write in 1884?
(a) Novels.
(b) Plays.
(c) History.
(d) Poetry.

5. What family trait does Freedman say Hesse seems to have inherited?
(a) Creativity.
(b) Philandering.
(c) Mental illness.
(d) Bonhomie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened immediately before Hesse tried to kill himself?

2. What was Hesse's parents' profession?

3. When was Hesse born?

4. When did Hesse reach the height of his popularity?

5. When was interest in Hesse's work revived?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 146 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample