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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through October 20 through December 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Werther think of when he watches the village girls?
(a) The "patriarchal ways of life."
(b) The "civilized pastimes of society."
(c) The "divine inspiration of the landscape."
(d) The "bucolic pleasures of the country."

2. What subject is Werther's employer continuously harping on?
(a) History.
(b) Morality.
(c) Grammar.
(d) Politics.

3. What does Werther feel now that he is in this new location at the beginning of the book?
(a) Serenity.
(b) Frustration.
(c) Boredom.
(d) Anxiety.

4. Why does Albert keep his pistols always unloaded?
(a) He does not believe that firearms are good.
(b) He once had a bad experience when a maid was injured.
(c) His mother implored him to keep them always unloaded.
(d) He does not actually know how to load and clean the pistols.

5. What is the name of the woman Werther meets at the vicar's home?
(a) Friederike.
(b) Carina.
(c) Julia.
(d) Anna.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Werther blame for his irritation with his current employment?

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

3. What activity does Werther fill his time with, at the beginning of the novel?

4. Who is the "Melusine" to whom Werther refers?

5. Whom does Werther find in the square of the town Werther has come to love?

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