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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, pgs. 57-87.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason does Freedman give for Hesse's choice of subject matter?
(a) Hesse was trying to prophesy a better future.
(b) Hesse was trying to unravel the mystery of his birth.
(c) Hesse was looking for a sense of self.
(d) Hesse was trying to purge a sense of inherited guilt.

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

3. Freedman said that the tensions in Hesse's works came from ________________.
(a) Conflicting impulses in Hesse's life.
(b) The conflicts in the air during Hesse's times.
(c) Traumatic experiences Hesse had in childhood.
(d) Conflicts between Hesse and his parents.

4. Hesse run away from school to __________.
(a) Stuttgart.
(b) Geneva.
(c) Salzburg.
(d) Basel.

5. What was Hesse's earliest memory?
(a) Being lifted to a mountain vista.
(b) Being lost at a market.
(c) Seeing a shooting star.
(d) Nearly drowning in the bathtub.

Short Answer Questions

1. What culture did Hesse participate in?

2. What family trait does Freedman say Hesse seems to have inherited?

3. When did Hesse learn to see a connection between art and rebellion?

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

5. When were Hesse's parents married?

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