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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 does Lotte specifically request of Werther when he visits her home on the Sunday before Christmas?
(a) That he have a Christmas present for each of the children.
(b) That he take a position as her father's secretary.
(c) That he not visit her before Christmas Eve.
(d) That he attend dinner with her and Albert.

2. What author supplants Homer in Werther's heart?
(a) Petrarch.
(b) Ossian.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Sophocles.

3. What action does Werther take upon confirming the alarming news he heard at Lotte's home?
(a) Werther vows to aid in Albert's recovery.
(b) Werther defends the murderer.
(c) Werther helps nurse Lotte back to health.
(d) Werther leaves Wahlheim in grief.

4. What troubling news does Werther hear at Lotte's home, according to the Editor?
(a) That Lotte's father has succumbed to illness and died
(b) That Lotte has suddenly been taken very ill.
(c) That Albert has been injured in a horse-riding accident.
(d) That the former servant he knows murdered a man.

5. Which town does Werther visit, as related in the letter of May 5?
(a) The place in which his aunt lives.
(b) The place of his birth
(c) A town in which he has a job opportunity.
(d) The town in which his brother lives.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Werther compare himself in regards to the young woman with whom he has fallen in love?

2. What feelings fill Werther when Lotte plays her instrument?

3. In which location does Werther arrange to meet Lotte and Albert?

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

5. What presence does Werther sense all around him?

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