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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chaper 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Hesse primarily working on in 1907?
(a) A novel "Gertrud."
(b) Raising money for his debts.
(c) Raising his small children.
(d) Book reviews.

3. What did Hesse do with friends Hans Drach and Heinrich Jennen?
(a) Rented a flat.
(b) Recited poetry.
(c) Travelled.
(d) Produced a play.

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

5. Where was Hesse apprenticed before he was brought home?
(a) To a factory.
(b) To a lawyer.
(c) To a missionary.
(d) To a bookseller.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Hesse's first child's name?

2. What was the result of Hesse's marriage to his second wife?

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

4. What does Freedman say about artists at the beginning of his biography of Hesse?

5. How was "Demian" received?

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