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

2. What aspect of humanity does Werther assert, in the letter of October 26, makes him want to "tear his heart open"?
(a) The notion that everyone supposedly has only one soul-mate.
(b) The fact that death is inevitable.
(c) The notion that people mean quite little to one another.
(d) The idea that love can wither and die.

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

5. What does Werther say "wastes his heart away" in the letter of August 18?
(a) The "corrosive power" of the natural world.
(b) The "depressive lethargy" of his own soul.
(c) The "sublime sensitivity" of his favorite author.
(d) The "black despair" inherent in the night sky.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Werther see the story of the person near the plow in the town square?

3. Why does Albert keep his pistols always unloaded?

4. What recent event, related in the letter of September 15, makes Werther both angry and sad?

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

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