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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What story does the person near the plow in the town square tell Werther?
(a) He tells him of his father's death.
(b) He tells him of his devotion to his mistress.
(c) He tells him of a recent disaster.
(d) He tells him of his time in the King's court.

3. Which person considers Werther's conduct with the children to be below Werther's social station?
(a) Lotte.
(b) Lotte's father.
(c) The doctor.
(d) Albert.

4. What does Werther resolve to do in the letter of September 3?
(a) To take his own life.
(b) To propose to Lotte.
(c) To leave Wahlheim.
(d) To write a love letter to Lotte.

5. What has become the main character's favorite spot to get away?
(a) The winding paths of the forests.
(b) The library in the city.
(c) The old Count's summerhouse.
(d) The town tavern.

6. What does Werther consider to be the closest thing to his own heart?
(a) Animals.
(b) Children.
(c) Nature.
(d) God.

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

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

9. What does Werther like to watch the village girls do?
(a) Fetch water.
(b) Pick wildflowers.
(c) Dance during the festival season.
(d) Bathe in the stream.

10. How does Werther perceive his relationship to other people?
(a) He feels isolated and alone.
(b) He senses that others are repelled by him.
(c) He feels that he is exactly the same as everyone else.
(d) He finds that others like him.

11. In his letter of May 17, what does Werther find the state of humanity to be?
(a) Awesome and inspiring.
(b) Happy and joyous.
(c) Horribly sinful.
(d) Generally monotonous.

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

13. In which location does Werther arrange to meet Lotte and Albert?
(a) In the garden.
(b) In the town square.
(c) In a hayfield.
(d) In the lodge's dining hall.

14. To what does Werther compare his general opinion on painting in the letter of May 30?
(a) To mathematics.
(b) To drama.
(c) To poetry.
(d) To sketching.

15. Whose business must the main character deal with in the first letter?
(a) His good friend's.
(b) His father's.
(c) His mother's.
(d) His associate's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the reception Werther first received from the common townsfolk?

2. In which month of the year does the novel begin?

3. What feature of the geographic location in which Werther lives holds Werther in "thrall?"

4. Whom does Werther find in the square of the town Werther has come to love?

5. In which country does this novel take place?

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