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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hesse's parents raised him for ___________.
(a) Business.
(b) The seminary.
(c) The military.
(d) The law.

2. What does Freedman say Hesse wrote about?
(a) Dreams.
(b) Mystical experiences.
(c) War-time experiences.
(d) Mundane things.

3. When were Hesse and Maria married?
(a) 1903.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1905.
(d) 1904.

4. When did Hesse return to work in the year of his mother's death?
(a) August.
(b) September.
(c) October.
(d) December.

5. What did Hesse write while waiting to marry?
(a) "Steppenwolf."
(b) "Beneath the Wheel."
(c) Biographical sketches.
(d) "Peter Camenzind."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Hesse commence his studies?

3. What cultures are blended in Hesse's writing?

4. What was Hesse primarily working on in 1907?

5. When did Hesse begin to publish his poems?

(see the answer key)

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