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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. Hesse ultimately died of _____________.
(a) Cancer.
(b) Heart disease.
(c) Leukemia.
(d) Suicide.

2. How did Hesse's German audience change during the war?
(a) His works were banned.
(b) He fell into obscurity because his work was not relevant to the war.
(c) A devoted underground read him.
(d) His work was endorsed by the Nazis.

3. What was the benefit of writing editorial pieces for Hesse?
(a) He got income.
(b) He educated himself.
(c) He achieved fame for it.
(d) He became politically active.

4. What happened to Hesse's royalties in 1935?
(a) They were cut off.
(b) They were reduced by German inflation.
(c) They were donated to the government.
(d) They were taken by the National Socialists.

5. What happened to Hesse's work in Germany as a result of Hesse's protest over the alteration of his poem?
(a) It was more popular than ever.
(b) It dropped into obscurity.
(c) It was banned by the Americans.
(d) It was reviewed harshly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where would Hesse spend time with Ruth Wenger?

2. In what role did "Siddhartha" put Hesse?

3. Why did Hesse decide not to make any public statements about German politics in the 1930s?

4. How was "Siddhartha" received?

5. How was "On Toward Peace" altered?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the period when Hesse's marriage began to crumble.

2. What was Hesse's experience with psychoanalysis?

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

4. Describe the progress of Hesse's relationship with Ninon Dolbin.

5. How does Freedman say that Hesse's writing and his life paralleled each other?

6. Describe Hesse's last years and death.

7. What effect did the deteriorating state of things in Germany have on Hesse?

8. Describe the novel "Rosshalde."

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

10. Describe the period known as "Hesse's exile."

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