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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Hesse's relationship with the works he began to write in Tubingen?
(a) He kept working on them until they sold.
(b) He burned them all.
(c) He disowned them.
(d) He incorporated them into his later work.

2. How was Hesse seen by his parents from early childhood?
(a) As mercurial.
(b) As enigmatic.
(c) As placid.
(d) As intractable.

3. How many siblings did Hesse have?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Six.
(d) Two.

4. What relation did Hesse's work have with his friendships?
(a) His work had nothing to do with his friends.
(b) He described his friendships in detail in his work.
(c) He learned from his friends, but he did not write about them.
(d) He would use his friends as characters.

5. When were Hesse's parents married?
(a) 1874.
(b) 1870.
(c) 1872.
(d) 1878.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What culture did Hesse participate in?

3. Hesse finished his novel "Peter Camenzind" after traveling to ___________.

4. What did Hesse begin to write in 1884?

5. After Tubingen, how often did Hesse return home from his new job to visit family for holidays?

(see the answer key)

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