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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through May 10 through 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What feature of the geographic location in which Werther lives holds Werther in "thrall?"
(a) A mountain.
(b) The ocean.
(c) The cathedral.
(d) A spring.

2. With whom must the main character transact the business to which he refers in the first letter?
(a) With his landlord.
(b) With his fiance.
(c) With his aunt.
(d) With his neighbor.

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

4. What is Werther aware of, regarding himself and the townsfolk?
(a) That they are not, and can never be, equals.
(b) That they must always be suspicious of one another.
(c) That they come from the same common stock.
(d) That they can never be honest with one another.

5. What feeling fills Werther when he is alone in nature?
(a) Longing.
(b) Fulfillment.
(c) Hunger.
(d) Confusion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the "Melusine" to whom Werther refers?

2. What does Werther think of when he watches the village girls?

3. How does the main character view his business affairs turning out?

4. What does Werther feel very connected to?

5. Whose business must the main character deal with in the first letter?

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