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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. What experience, in Werther's opinion, does everybody in Weimar ruin for one another?
(a) The experience of love.
(b) The journey between life and death
(c) The enjoyment of a beautiful day.
(d) The prospect of a fulfilling life.

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

3. Who is the "Melusine" to whom Werther refers?
(a) A historical French princess.
(b) A mythical water-nymph.
(c) The daughter of the town mayor.
(d) One of the mythical Furies.

4. What does Werther consider to be the closest thing to his own heart?
(a) God.
(b) Children.
(c) Nature.
(d) Animals.

5. What of old Count von M.'s does the main character praise for its pleasurable effect?
(a) The mansion.
(b) The stables.
(c) The fields.
(d) The garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the main character describe the town in which he resides as of the first letter?

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

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

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

5. What gifts does Werther wish from God, as expressed in the letter of October 20?

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