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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Hesse's parents' profession?
(a) Small business owners.
(b) Missionaries.
(c) Social servants.
(d) Teachers.

2. Hesse finished his novel "Peter Camenzind" after traveling to ___________.
(a) Greece.
(b) England.
(c) France.
(d) Italy.

3. Whose rule did Hesse grow up under?
(a) Queen Victoria.
(b) Czar Alexander II.
(c) Bismarck.
(d) Bonaparte.

4. Where did Hesse take work after Tubingen?
(a) Frankfurt.
(b) Calw.
(c) Geneva.
(d) Basel.

5. Where did Hesse commence his studies?
(a) Landau.
(b) Maulbronn.
(c) Plettenberg.
(d) Frankfurt.

6. Where did Hesse's grandfather marry his wife?
(a) In England.
(b) In India.
(c) In Switzerland.
(d) In South Africa.

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

8. Why did Hesse's parents want him to pass his degree?
(a) To minimize his military service.
(b) To make him eligible for a good marriage.
(c) To get a better job.
(d) To work in the family business.

9. When did Hesse begin to publish his poems?
(a) 1897.
(b) 1891.
(c) 1894.
(d) 1902.

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

11. Why did Hesse change jobs for less money around 1901?
(a) To repair his reputation.
(b) To be closer to a woman.
(c) To live closer to home.
(d) To spend more time writing.

12. What does Freedman say people look for in art?
(a) Truths.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Gods.
(d) Gossip.

13. What does Freedman say is the relationship between an artist's work and his life?
(a) Traumas in Hesse's childhood were instrumental in his art.
(b) Hesse's life is inscrutable.
(c) Hesse's life clarifies his work.
(d) Hesse's work came primarily from his imagination.

14. When did Hesse arrive in Tubingen?
(a) 1888.
(b) 1890.
(c) 1895.
(d) 1899.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Hesse return to work in the year of his mother's death?

2. What did Hesse begin to do in 1909?

3. How long were Hesse's work days?

4. What was Hesse primarily working on in 1907?

5. Why did Hesse travel to the spa at Badenweiler?

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