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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through January 8 through September 3, 1772.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Werther like the new person he met in the letter of November 26?
(a) He or she is a great artist.
(b) He or she is fabulously wealthy.
(c) He or she is extremely good-looking.
(d) He or she is kind and understanding.

2. What, according to the main character, leads to the most complications in business affairs?
(a) Misunderstanding and lethargy.
(b) The irritatingly slow postal system.
(c) Greed and miserliness.
(d) The multitude of forms and official notices.

3. What does Werther assert, regarding the upper-class society he finds himself in in Weimar?
(a) That an individual's desires outweigh the feelings of the masses.
(b) That they are correct to be preoccupied with rank.
(c) That society's structure rests upon distinctions of class.
(d) That the position one occupies is actually immaterial.

4. Whom does Werther blame for his irritation with his current employment?
(a) Count C.
(b) His employer.
(c) Albert.
(d) Wilhelm.

5. With whom does Werther converse near the plow in the town square?
(a) An elderly gentleman.
(b) The town mayor.
(c) A young boy.
(d) A farmer-boy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what does Werther compare his "poor heart?"

3. What is Werther aware of, regarding himself and the townsfolk?

4. Who tells Werther in the letter of March 16 that his recent disgrace has negatively affected them as well?

5. From whom does Werther receive a letter, related in the letter of February 17, concerning his relationship with the Ambassador?

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