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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through September 4 through November 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Werther perceive his relationship to other people?
(a) He feels that he is exactly the same as everyone else.
(b) He senses that others are repelled by him.
(c) He feels isolated and alone.
(d) He finds that others like him.

2. What does Werther resolve to do in the letter of September 3?
(a) To leave Wahlheim.
(b) To write a love letter to Lotte.
(c) To take his own life.
(d) To propose to Lotte.

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

4. What is Werther convinced about, regarding the young woman with whom he has fallen in love?
(a) That she hates him.
(b) That she loves him.
(c) That she pities him.
(d) That she is oblivious to him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What irks Werther about the society he finds himself with in Weimar?

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

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

4. What does Werther often wish would happen to him, as related in numerous letters?

5. What is the name of Werther's new female acquaintance?

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