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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through May 10 through 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Werther like to watch the village girls do?
(a) Pick wildflowers.
(b) Dance during the festival season.
(c) Fetch water.
(d) Bathe in the stream.

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

3. What is Werther aware of, regarding himself and the townsfolk?
(a) That they must always be suspicious of one another.
(b) That they can never be honest with one another.
(c) That they come from the same common stock.
(d) That they are not, and can never be, equals.

4. What presence does Werther sense all around him?
(a) The presence of God.
(b) The shadow of the past.
(c) The foreboding of doom.
(d) The hopes of the future.

5. What author does Werther enjoy reading?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) St. Augustine.
(c) Goethe.
(d) Homer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose business must the main character deal with in the first letter?

2. How does the main character describe the person with whom he must conduct his business?

3. What does Werther implore the addressee of his letters to do in his letter of May 13?

4. What has become the main character's favorite spot to get away?

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

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