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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. What recent event, related in the letter of September 15, makes Werther both angry and sad?
(a) The plowing of a field of wildflowers.
(b) The felling of old walnut trees.
(c) A fire in the town church.
(d) The destruction of a scenic old barn.

2. Whom does Werther mourn in his letter of May 17?
(a) His father, whom Werther considered a role model.
(b) His brother, with whom Werther shared a close friendship.
(c) A great German poet and artist upon whom Werther models himself.
(d) A close female friend with whom he shared much of his soul.

3. What has happened to the farmer-boy Werther once met in Wahlheim's town square?
(a) He has sustained an injury.
(b) He has been fired.
(c) He has married his lover.
(d) He has become violent.

4. What example does Werther use to support his argument of the subject in the letter of August 12?
(a) A boy who hanged himself.
(b) A girl who drowned herself.
(c) A man who shot himself.
(d) A woman who poisoned herself.

5. To what does Werther compare his general opinion on painting in the letter of May 30?
(a) To poetry.
(b) To drama.
(c) To sketching.
(d) To mathematics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which location does Werther arrange to meet Lotte and Albert?

2. According to Werther in the letter of November 15, what is the fate of Man?

3. What does Werther often wish would happen to him, as related in numerous letters?

4. According to Werther in his letter of May 26, how is great art made?

5. Why, according to Werther, does the "torrent of genius" so rarely pour forth?

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