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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why has Werther not written to the usual recipient of his letters as of late?
(a) Werther has been very ill.
(b) Werther has been traveling.
(c) Werther has been busy with business affairs.
(d) Werther has become infatuated with someone.

2. What two things does Werther compare in his argument in the letter of August 12?
(a) Hysterical women and the terminally ill.
(b) Innocent children and beatific elders.
(c) Overactive imaginations and heightened sensibilities.
(d) Physical illness and suicidal depression.

3. Whom does Werther assist in his or her daily chore?
(a) A farmer-boy repairing a plow.
(b) A footman repairing a broken carriage.
(c) A servant girl drawing water from the spring.
(d) A cook buying food for supper.

4. How many children does the estate manager have, whom Werther meets?
(a) Six.
(b) Nine.
(c) Ten.
(d) Five.

5. What does the main character vow to do now that he is away?
(a) To seek knowledge and wisdom.
(b) To enjoy the present moment.
(c) To find a willing wife.
(d) To take the popular Grand Tour.

6. What subject do Werther and Lotte discuss at length in the letter of September 10?
(a) The education of her siblings.
(b) Lotte's plans for her upcoming wedding.
(c) Political intrigue and scandal.
(d) Death and the hereafter.

7. What does Werther think of Albert?
(a) That Albert is absolutely uninteresting.
(b) That Albert has suspicious motives.
(c) That Albert is boorish and irritating.
(d) That Albert is respectable and likable.

8. What is the name of the first woman mentioned by the main character?
(a) Maria.
(b) Leonore.
(c) Adeline.
(d) Sabine.

9. To what does Werther compare his "poor heart?"
(a) To a blushing maiden.
(b) To a questing knight.
(c) To a robust soldier.
(d) To an ailing child.

10. What does Werther feel very connected to?
(a) Nature.
(b) Humanity.
(c) History.
(d) Science.

11. In the letter of July 6, to what does Werther compare a child washing her hands?
(a) Drowning.
(b) Baptism.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Bathing.

12. What skill of Werther's is suffering as a result of his negligence?
(a) His health and wellness.
(b) His social graces.
(c) His imagination and sensibility.
(d) His art and drawings.

13. What activity does Werther fill his time with, at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Carousing.
(c) Learning.
(d) Painting.

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

15. Which poet does Werther's new female friend mention in relation to the event which disrupts the large gathering they attend?
(a) Heine.
(b) Klopstock.
(c) Goethe.
(d) Friedrichson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Werther say "wastes his heart away" in the letter of August 18?

2. With whom does Werther converse near the plow in the town square?

3. What story does the person near the plow in the town square tell Werther?

4. What subject do Werther and the other young people discuss at the vicar's home?

5. What example does Werther use to support his argument of the subject in the letter of August 12?

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