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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To which ribbon does the title of the section The Ribbon/Objects refer?
(a) Charlotte's ribbon, which Werther forms an attachment to.
(b) The ribbon of a dead lover.
(c) The narrator's mother's ribbon.
(d) A ribbon that held together a packet of love letters.

2. In "I am odious"/Monstrous, what does the lover refer to when he says, "I am odious?"
(a) His controlling behavior and lack of generosity towards the other.
(b) His cowardice.
(c) The tendency towards self-indulgence.
(d) His feeling s of remorse.

3. In the section called Fade-out, where does the other's fade-out reside?
(a) In the lover's silence.
(b) In the other's voice.
(c) In the other's appearance.
(d) In the lover's memory.

4. In "Inexpressible Love," what two powerful myths does the author mention?
(a) That sublimated love engenders beautiful discourse and that one can write about one's passion.
(b) That writing about love heals the heart and that everyone has a soulmate.
(c) That true love is eternal and that it is the most ancient story to tell.
(d) That true love can never be found and that only poets can write about love.

5. In the figure Identifications, with whom or what does the lover identify?
(a) With the oppressed.
(b) With anyone who cannot find their ideal mate.
(c) With every character or person who occupies the same place in love as he does.
(d) With images of death.

6. What does the author note about crying in the modern era?
(a) It is seen as unhealthy to cry.
(b) Everyone cries too easily.
(c) Crying does not tell more than words.
(d) It is no longer acceptable for men to cry, especially in public.

7. What clothing is Werther wearing when he first dances with Charlotte?
(a) Old work clothes.
(b) A blue coat and yellow vest.
(c) A white shirt and riding boots.
(d) A formal black suit.

8. Which relationship dynamic does the section of the text entitled "Domnei" or "dependency" describe?
(a) The amorous subject is subjugated to the loved object.
(b) The loved object is much too dependent on the amorous subject.
(c) The couple decides to discuss problems of dependency.
(d) Common belief always places the woman in the submissive role.

9. Select the outcome(s) with which the section Ideas of Solution/Outcomes is concerned.
(a) The possible outcomes of the other's illness.
(b) The possible outcome of a novel by Goethe.
(c) The possible outcome of a wager.
(d) The possible outcomes of the amorous crisis.

10. In "Domnei," which two things is the narrator subject to?
(a) To the loved one and to that person's parents.
(b) To the loved one and to the loved one's dependency.
(c) To the opinions of society and to the opinions of the other.
(d) To the other's dependency and to that of the other's children.

11. What image does the author evoke to represent the "exuberance" that results from constantly expending love?
(a) A wild ocean.
(b) A vast desert.
(c) An overflowing fountain.
(d) A deep well.

12. The Unknowable describes which of the following situations?
(a) The past is unknowable.
(b) The lover realizes that the loved being is unknowable.
(c) The meaning of love is unknowable.
(d) The lover will never know how to achieve happiness.

13. Which of the following characterizes the figure "night" in the section "And the night illuminated the night"/Night?
(a) Total ignorance of the other.
(b) Metaphors of darkness that describe interior states of the lover.
(c) A sense of helplessness.
(d) The lover's favorite time of day.

14. Which author does the quotation "And the night illuminated the night" come from?
(a) Plato.
(b) John of the Cross.
(c) Freud.
(d) Goethe.

15. What is the preferred response to the utterance "I love you?"
(a) Silence.
(b) "Really?"
(c) "So do I."
(d) "I love you, too. "

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator do to escape the perception of "disreality?'

2. Which of the following best describes the lover's state in "We are our own demons?"

3. In The Orange/Irksome, an episode involving oranges from the novel Werther is used to describe which of the following feelings?

4. What do a person's tears prove to him?

5. What is the narrator's definition of the image in the section Images?

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