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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through September 4 through November 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Werther perceive his relationship to other people?
(a) He feels that he is exactly the same as everyone else.
(b) He feels isolated and alone.
(c) He senses that others are repelled by him.
(d) He finds that others like him.

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

3. What does Werther vow he will never do, though he very much wants to?
(a) Get married.
(b) Duel with Albert.
(c) Confess to a minister.
(d) Kiss Lotte.

4. What excuse does Werther give for wanting to embrace Lotte?
(a) That Lotte would want him to do so.
(b) That Albert would not begrudge him the act.
(c) That the act of embracing Lotte would claim her as his own.
(d) That such an embrace is a natural instinct.

5. With whom does Werther converse near the plow in the town square?
(a) An elderly gentleman.
(b) The town mayor.
(c) A young boy.
(d) A farmer-boy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What irritates Werther about Lotte and the friend who visits her in the letter of October 26?

3. What does Werther imagine about Albert in the letter of October 10?

4. What type of animal does Lotte keep as a pet?

5. What kind of tree borders the town square where Werther spends much of his time?

(see the answer key)

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