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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through October 20 through December 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Werther like the new person he met in the letter of November 26?
(a) He or she is fabulously wealthy.
(b) He or she is a great artist.
(c) He or she is kind and understanding.
(d) He or she is extremely good-looking.

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

3. What, according to Werther, is most dangerous to the individual?
(a) Desire.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Depression.
(d) Solitude.

4. In which location does Werther arrange to meet Lotte and Albert?
(a) In a hayfield.
(b) In the garden.
(c) In the lodge's dining hall.
(d) In the town square.

5. What do Werther and his new female friend discuss in the carriage?
(a) Books.
(b) Politics.
(c) History.
(d) Family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Werther give the people he meets in the town square?

2. What is the name of one of the people Werther meets in the town square?

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

4. At the beginning of Book Two, who employs Werther?

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

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