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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Editor to the Reader.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Werther implore the addressee of his letters to do in his letter of May 13?
(a) To accompany Werther on a journey.
(b) To write to Werther's mother.
(c) To send Werther no books.
(d) To reconcile an argument with another good friend.

4. What specific thing does Albert request of Lotte, as related by the Editor?
(a) That she take a position as a governess for some income.
(b) That she consent to be his bride.
(c) That she discourage Werther from visiting so often.
(d) That she agree to move to another town with him.

5. Whom does Werther assist in his or her daily chore?
(a) A servant girl drawing water from the spring.
(b) A cook buying food for supper.
(c) A farmer-boy repairing a plow.
(d) A footman repairing a broken carriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the town an hours' walk from where Werther currently lodges?

2. What does Werther assert, regarding the upper-class society he finds himself in in Weimar?

3. What sad news does Werther receive from the little peasant family of Wahlheim, related in the letter of August 4?

4. What does Werther vow he will never do, though he very much wants to?

5. What is the gift Werther receives in the letter of April 19?

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