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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through July 26 through September 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two things does Werther compare in his argument in the letter of August 12?
(a) Overactive imaginations and heightened sensibilities.
(b) Physical illness and suicidal depression.
(c) Hysterical women and the terminally ill.
(d) Innocent children and beatific elders.

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

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

4. According to Werther, what is the one thing that makes Man's life worthwhile?
(a) Love.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Desire.
(d) Art.

5. What example does Werther use to support his argument of the subject in the letter of August 12?
(a) A boy who hanged himself.
(b) A girl who drowned herself.
(c) A woman who poisoned herself.
(d) A man who shot himself.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is the main character happy at the beginning of the first letter?

3. What skill of Werther's is suffering as a result of his negligence?

4. What of old Count von M.'s does the main character praise for its pleasurable effect?

5. At which event did Werther meet a new female acquaintance?

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