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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What feature of the geographic location in which Werther lives holds Werther in "thrall?"
(a) The cathedral.
(b) The ocean.
(c) A spring.
(d) A mountain.

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

3. What does Werther feel now that he is in this new location at the beginning of the book?
(a) Serenity.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Frustration.
(d) Boredom.

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

5. In which country does this novel take place?
(a) Switzerland.
(b) Germany.
(c) Austria.
(d) France.

6. What example does Werther use to support his argument of the subject in the letter of August 12?
(a) A boy who hanged himself.
(b) A woman who poisoned herself.
(c) A girl who drowned herself.
(d) A man who shot himself.

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

8. What, according to the main character, leads to the most complications in business affairs?
(a) The multitude of forms and official notices.
(b) The irritatingly slow postal system.
(c) Misunderstanding and lethargy.
(d) Greed and miserliness.

9. What does Werther think of Albert?
(a) That Albert is respectable and likable.
(b) That Albert is absolutely uninteresting.
(c) That Albert has suspicious motives.
(d) That Albert is boorish and irritating.

10. According to Werther, what is the one thing that makes Man's life worthwhile?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Desire.
(c) Art.
(d) Love.

11. Who is the "Melusine" to whom Werther refers?
(a) A mythical water-nymph.
(b) One of the mythical Furies.
(c) The daughter of the town mayor.
(d) A historical French princess.

12. In the letter of July 26, what does Werther often determine to do, but fails?
(a) He resolves to go to church more often.
(b) He resolves not to see Lotte so often.
(c) He resolves to complete his mother's inheritance dispute.
(d) He resolves to treat Albert with more respect.

13. What activity does Werther fill his time with, at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Painting.
(c) Carousing.
(d) Learning.

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

15. How does Werther view those who keep their distance from commoners?
(a) As cowards.
(b) As snobbish.
(c) As sensible.
(d) As wise.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Werther aware of, regarding himself and the townsfolk?

2. In the letter of August 18, what thing does Werther admit to finding both joy and misery in?

3. What subject do Werther and Lotte discuss at length in the letter of September 10?

4. Whom does Werther mourn in his letter of May 17?

5. In his letter of May 22, what does Werther assert makes people truly happy?

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