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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Knecht leave the monastery?

2. What does Knecht complete introductory lessons in?

3. What is the name of the Order's headquarters?

4. What is the name of the main character?

5. What is the Golden Book also known as?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Knecht say in his letter to the Music Master?

2. How does the music Master help Knecht?

3. How did the Glass Bead Game develop in Europe?

4. Why does Knecht like the Glass Bead game?

5. What is the Glass Bead Game?

6. What does the author know about Knecht's early life?

7. What is the Golden Book?

8. What does Knecht tell the Music Master in his letter?

9. Who does the author say his book was intended for?

10. How does Knecht's life change after the visit from the Music Master?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Hesse's life. In what way is his life and personality reflected in the book? Where could he have learned about the world of espionage? In what ways is he like or unlike Knecht?

Essay Topic 2

Compare Knecht's character to the person he was at the beginning of the book to the person he is at the end of the book.

1) What did Ishmael hope to achieve in his life?

2) What events changes Knecht's ideas about life?

3) How has Knecht's character changed by the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Though the Glass Bead Game is a novel, Hesse writes it as a biography What are the differences between a novella and a novel in terms of the following:

Language

Character

Structure

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