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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through November 30 through December 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What "excess" does Lotte reproach Werther for in the letter of November 8?
(a) Feeling too acutely.
(b) Arguing too vehemently.
(c) Drinking too much.
(d) Singing too loudly.

2. What kind of tree borders the town square where Werther spends much of his time?
(a) Linden trees.
(b) Fir trees.
(c) Maple trees.
(d) Birch trees.

3. What is the name of the person Werther meets in the letter of November 30?
(a) Johann.
(b) Hans.
(c) Mathilde.
(d) Heinrich.

4. Whom does Werther blame for his sorrows in the letter of November 3?
(a) Himself.
(b) Albert.
(c) Wilhelm.
(d) Lotte.

5. What does Werther continually assert in the letter of March 15 about his social faux pas?
(a) That he got pleasure out of others' discomfort.
(b) That he was in the right, and others were wrong.
(c) That he intended to push the boundaries all along.
(d) That the thought of it never entered his mind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the man Werther meets at the vicar's home?

2. What does Werther feel now that he is in this new location at the beginning of the book?

3. How did Lotte and Albert become betrothed?

4. In the letter of July 6, to what does Werther compare a child washing her hands?

5. How does Werther feel, now that he has moved away from Wahlheim?

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