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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. What about his social faux pas of March 15 distresses Werther greatly?
(a) That news of it is all over town.
(b) The he hurt his friends' feelings.
(c) That no one told him of the problem.
(d) That he cannot commit the error again.

2. What occurrence disrupts the event Werther and his new female friend are attending?
(a) A heat wave.
(b) A thunderstorm.
(c) A flood.
(d) An earthquake.

3. Which poet does Werther's new female friend mention in relation to the event which disrupts the large gathering they attend?
(a) Klopstock.
(b) Friedrichson.
(c) Goethe.
(d) Heine.

4. What subject is Werther's employer continuously harping on?
(a) Politics.
(b) Grammar.
(c) History.
(d) Morality.

5. What is the substance of the main character's business project at the beginning of the book?
(a) A building contract.
(b) An inheritance dispute.
(c) The interviewing of potential servants.
(d) Arrangements for travel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the person Werther meets in the letter of November 30?

2. What does Werther like to watch the village girls do?

3. Why has Werther not written to the usual recipient of his letters as of late?

4. Whom does Werther blame for his sorrows in the letter of November 3?

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

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