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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. How does the main character describe the town in which he resides as of the first letter?
(a) As "picturesque."
(b) As "cozy."
(c) As "disagreeable."
(d) As "backward."

2. What is the substance of the main character's business project at the beginning of the book?
(a) The interviewing of potential servants.
(b) Arrangements for travel.
(c) An inheritance dispute.
(d) A building contract.

3. With whom must the main character transact the business to which he refers in the first letter?
(a) With his landlord.
(b) With his fiance.
(c) With his aunt.
(d) With his neighbor.

4. What of old Count von M.'s does the main character praise for its pleasurable effect?
(a) The garden.
(b) The fields.
(c) The stables.
(d) The mansion.

5. How does the main character classify the recent events that sent him away?
(a) As a "series of tragic misunderstandings."
(b) As a "misfortune doled out by Fate."
(c) As a "bewildering journey of discovery."
(d) As a "senseless and foolish adventure."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main character's name?

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

3. What does Werther feel now that he is in this new location at the beginning of the book?

4. What, according to the main character, leads to the most complications in business affairs?

5. In which country does this novel take place?

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