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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where would Hesse spend time with Ruth Wenger?
(a) In Carona.
(b) In Monaco.
(c) In Nice.
(d) In Montagnola.

2. Where did Hesse travel after he left his wife?
(a) France.
(b) Italy.
(c) India.
(d) Poland.

3. What did Hesse find attractive about the place where he eventually settled after leaving Bern?
(a) The proximity to his wife.
(b) The cultural life.
(c) The political stability.
(d) Its atmosphere.

4. Where was the house Hesse rented in Ostermundigen located?
(a) Near the ocean.
(b) On a mountainside.
(c) On an estate.
(d) By a lake.

5. Who died in 1935?
(a) Maria.
(b) Ninon.
(c) Samuel Fischer.
(d) Carlo Hamelehle.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the benefit of writing editorial pieces for Hesse?

3. What happened in Hesse's family in 1916?

4. Hesse ultimately died of _____________.

5. How did Hesse try to clarify "Siddhartha"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the Hesses celebrate at the end of 1945?

2. What was Hesse's social position by the mid-to-late 1920s?

3. How did Hesse react to the critic who attacked him in Germany?

4. Describe Hesse's travels in 1928-1929.

5. Describe the impact of the Great War on Hesse.

6. Describe Hesse's last years and death.

7. What did Hesse portray in 'Narcissus and Goldmund'?

8. Describe the novel "Siddhartha."

9. In what ways was "Steppenwolf" stylistically new for Hesse?

10. How did Hesse react to the end of the war in Europe?

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