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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. Where does the event of March 15 occur?
(a) At the home of Count C.
(b) In City Hall.
(c) In the town square.
(d) In the Ambassador's garden.

2. What favor does Werther ask of his friend Wilhelm in the letter of March 24?
(a) To beg the Ambassador to allow Werther to remain in his employ.
(b) To ask Count C. to publicly defend Werther.
(c) To break the news of Werther's resignation to Werther's mother.
(d) To write a letter of Werther's resignation to the ambassador.

3. In the letter of December 24. Werther mentions a woman who brags about her social station. What is her social status?
(a) She is a farm-girl.
(b) She is a wealthy merchant's wife.
(c) She is a clerk's daughter.
(d) She is a countess.

4. What does Werther give the people he meets in the town square?
(a) Pennies.
(b) A stern lecture.
(c) A smile.
(d) Advice.

5. How does the main character describe the person with whom he must conduct his business?
(a) As enthusiastic and humorous.
(b) As suspicious and conniving.
(c) As vigorous and kind-hearted.
(d) As wicked and false.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What experience, in Werther's opinion, does everybody in Weimar ruin for one another?

3. To whom does Werther write his letter of January 20, 1772?

4. To what does Werther compare his general opinion on painting in the letter of May 30?

5. What subject do Werther and the other young people discuss at the vicar's home?

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