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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Hesse appear in Freedman's biography?
(a) As duplicitous.
(b) As ultimately wise.
(c) As heroic.
(d) As unstable.

2. How does Freedman describe Hesse's lifestyle after leaving Bern?
(a) Aimless and uncomfortable.
(b) Sensational and insincere.
(c) Monastic but productive.
(d) Liberated and debased.

3. How was "Demian" received?
(a) It was a crushing defeat.
(b) It was overshadowed by the war.
(c) It did not get much notice.
(d) It was a success.

4. What does the city represent in "Steppenwolf"?
(a) Confusion and being lost.
(b) Human civilization.
(c) Hesse's internal psychology.
(d) Corruption.

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. Where did Hesse spend most of WW II?

2. What did "The Glass Bead Game" represent, in Freedman's account?

3. Hesse did NOT suffer from _____________.

4. What part of Hesse's protest about the alteration of his poem raised ire against him?

5. Where was Hesse born?

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