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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through September 4 through November 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Werther in his letter of May 26, how is great art made?
(a) By following the classical rules of proportion.
(b) By allowing one's imagination to supplement nature.
(c) By honing one's skills in an apprenticeship.
(d) By adhering to what Nature offers the artist.

2. What has happened to the farmer-boy Werther once met in Wahlheim's town square?
(a) He has sustained an injury.
(b) He has become violent.
(c) He has been fired.
(d) He has married his lover.

3. What example does Werther use to support his argument of the subject in the letter of August 12?
(a) A man who shot himself.
(b) A woman who poisoned herself.
(c) A girl who drowned herself.
(d) A boy who hanged himself.

4. Whom does Werther blame for his sorrows in the letter of November 3?
(a) Lotte.
(b) Himself.
(c) Albert.
(d) Wilhelm.

5. What did the farmer-boy of Wahlheim do that resulted in his current fate?
(a) He confessed his feelings to a stranger.
(b) He ran away from home.
(c) He tried to rape his mistress.
(d) He became involved in a gang of criminals.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Werther, what is the one thing that makes Man's life worthwhile?

2. What does Werther find admirable about the farmer-boy?

3. What phrase of Lotte's does Werther find extraordinary, as related in the letter of November 21?

4. In which object or objects is Werther surprised to find clear evidence of his own folly?

5. Whom does Werther mourn in his letter of May 17?

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