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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Editor to the Reader.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What vision is Werther constantly haunted by, as related in the letter of December 6?
(a) Fire and brimstone.
(b) A dead man.
(c) Lotte's figure.
(d) A weapon in his own hand.

2. In his letter of December 21, what does Werther tell Lotte he is "resolved" to do?
(a) To love.
(b) To grieve.
(c) To die.
(d) To leave Wahlheim.

3. 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 "bucolic pleasures of the country."
(d) The "divine inspiration of the landscape."

4. According to Werther in the letter of October 20, upon what do happiness or misery depend?
(a) Upon the people with whom one associates.
(b) Upon the things in one's environment.
(c) Upon one's faith in God.
(d) Upon one's ethic of hard work.

5. Who tells Werther in the letter of March 16 that his recent disgrace has negatively affected them as well?
(a) Wilhelm.
(b) Lotte.
(c) Miss von B.
(d) Adelin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what feeling does Werther complain in the letter of August 22?

2. To what does Werther compare himself at the end of the letter of November 30?

3. What specific thing does Albert request of Lotte, as related by the Editor?

4. What aspect of humanity does Werther assert, in the letter of October 26, makes him want to "tear his heart open"?

5. What proposal does Wilhelm make that Werther disagrees with in the letter of December 20?

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