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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. Why does Werther like the new person he met in the letter of November 26?
(a) He or she is a great artist.
(b) He or she is kind and understanding.
(c) He or she is extremely good-looking.
(d) He or she is fabulously wealthy.

2. According to Werther in the letter of October 20, upon what do happiness or misery depend?
(a) Upon the things in one's environment.
(b) Upon the people with whom one associates.
(c) Upon one's faith in God.
(d) Upon one's ethic of hard work.

3. What activity do Werther and his new female friend engage in together?
(a) A German folk dance.
(b) A recitation of poetry.
(c) A competition of riddles.
(d) A walk about the park.

4. 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.

5. What irks Werther about the society he finds himself with in Weimar?
(a) Their questions of him.
(b) Their immense beauty.
(c) Their uncaring attitudes.
(d) Their greed for rank.

Short Answer Questions

1. What favor does Werther ask of his friend Wilhelm in the letter of March 24?

2. What is the name of the person to whom Werther writes his letters?

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

4. What irritates Werther about Lotte and the friend who visits her in the letter of October 26?

5. In the letter of October 20, what does Werther assert gives us "a genuine sense of ourselves?"

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