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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. According to Freedman, what experience did Hesse describe in "Steppenwolf"?
(a) Language acquisition.
(b) Warfare.
(c) Collective neurosis.
(d) Neurotic breakdown.

2. What illness did Hesse suffer from in Bern?
(a) Insomnia.
(b) Panic attacks.
(c) Depression.
(d) Scarlet fever.

3. According to Freedman, what is unique about "Steppenwolf" when compared to Hesse's other works?
(a) It is satirical of Swiss culture.
(b) It is a dream sequence.
(c) It is historical fiction.
(d) It is set in the modern world.

4. What did Hesse do for escape while Ruth's father was dying?
(a) Traveled.
(b) Studied myths and religion.
(c) Studied medicine.
(d) Went to concerts.

5. What part of Hesse's protest about the alteration of his poem raised ire against him?
(a) His list of war crimes committed on both sides.
(b) His association of Americans with war profiteers.
(c) His use of the word barbarianism.
(d) His celebration of Swiss neutrality.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who died in 1935?

2. What happened to Hesse's work in Germany as a result of Hesse's protest over the alteration of his poem?

3. What did writing manage for Hesse?

4. Whom did Hesse fall afoul of by protesting the alteration of his poem?

5. What does Freedman say the period of Hesse's renewed writing and painting after separating from his wife is called?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What physical problems was Hesse having at the end of the 1920s and the beginning of the 1930s?

3. Describe Hesse's run-in with the Stuttgart paper that misprinted his poem.

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

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

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

7. Describe the novel "Rosshalde."

8. Who was Ruth Wenger?

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

10. Describe "Piktor's Metamorphosis" and Hesse's later writing.

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