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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. In the letter of August 18, what thing does Werther admit to finding both joy and misery in?
(a) Reading.
(b) Nature.
(c) Darkness.
(d) Conversation.

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

3. What does the main character find enjoyable about the area he has arrived at in the first letter?
(a) The proximity to the wide-open sea.
(b) The few large estates surrounding the town.
(c) The proliferation of tame wildlife.
(d) The inexpressible natural beauty.

4. Which poet does Werther's new female friend mention in relation to the event which disrupts the large gathering they attend?
(a) Friedrichson.
(b) Goethe.
(c) Heine.
(d) Klopstock.

5. What does Werther think of when he watches the village girls?
(a) The "patriarchal ways of life."
(b) The "bucolic pleasures of the country."
(c) The "civilized pastimes of society."
(d) The "divine inspiration of the landscape."

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children does the estate manager have, whom Werther meets?

2. What does the main character vow to do now that he is away?

3. What does Werther vow he will never do, though he very much wants to?

4. According to Werther in the letter of October 20, upon what do happiness or misery depend?

5. What experience, in Werther's opinion, does everybody in Weimar ruin for one another?

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