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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. What best describes the personality of Werther's employer?
(a) Morose.
(b) Angry.
(c) Happy.
(d) Curious.

2. What irks Werther about the society he finds himself with in Weimar?
(a) Their immense beauty.
(b) Their questions of him.
(c) Their uncaring attitudes.
(d) Their greed for rank.

3. According to Werther in the letter of October 20, upon what do happiness or misery depend?
(a) Upon the people with whom one associates.
(b) Upon one's faith in God.
(c) Upon the things in one's environment.
(d) Upon one's ethic of hard work.

4. What was the reception Werther first received from the common townsfolk?
(a) They were suspicious of him.
(b) They were uncouth to him.
(c) They ignored him entirely.
(d) They welcomed him openly.

5. To what does Werther compare his "poor heart?"
(a) To a questing knight.
(b) To a blushing maiden.
(c) To a robust soldier.
(d) To an ailing child.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom has Werther formed a new acquaintance in the letter of November 26?

2. Whom does Werther mourn in his letter of May 17?

3. What does Werther resolve to do in the letter of September 3?

4. In the letter of December 24. Werther mentions a woman who brags about her social station. What is her social status?

5. What notable event occurs in the novel on August 28?

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