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

3. How did Lotte and Albert become betrothed?
(a) The two were thrown together by Fate.
(b) Lotte and Albert are being punished for certain indiscretions.
(c) Lotte's mother wished it upon her deathbed.
(d) Albert owed Lotte's father a debt of honor.

4. How does the main character view his business affairs turning out?
(a) He is utterly convinced that he will not understand the business.
(b) He opines that the situation will turn out well.
(c) He feels that there is much profit to be made, but with too much risk.
(d) He believes he is being cheated.

5. What activity is the young woman who becomes Werther's friend engaged in when Werther meets her?
(a) Running away from home.
(b) Cleaning her father's house.
(c) Cutting bread for children.
(d) Dressing for an evening on the town.

6. Why has Werther not written to the usual recipient of his letters as of late?
(a) Werther has been very ill.
(b) Werther has been traveling.
(c) Werther has been busy with business affairs.
(d) Werther has become infatuated with someone.

7. To what does Werther compare the young woman with whom he has fallen in love?
(a) A sinner.
(b) A martyr.
(c) A dove.
(d) A prophet.

8. What subject do Werther and the other young people discuss at the vicar's home?
(a) The question of good and evil.
(b) The problem of revolutionary politics.
(c) The effects of good- and ill-humoredness.
(d) The similarities between children and madmen.

9. What is the name of Werther's new female acquaintance?
(a) Suzette.
(b) Lotte.
(c) Abigail.
(d) Annemarie.

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

11. What two things does Werther compare in his argument in the letter of August 12?
(a) Physical illness and suicidal depression.
(b) Innocent children and beatific elders.
(c) Overactive imaginations and heightened sensibilities.
(d) Hysterical women and the terminally ill.

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

13. 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 reconcile an argument with another good friend.
(c) To send Werther no books.
(d) To accompany Werther on a journey.

14. Why is the main character happy at the beginning of the first letter?
(a) He has just completed his studies at the university.
(b) He has left his familiar surroundings and people.
(c) He has proposed to a beautiful young woman, and she said yes.
(d) He has received a job offer that will elevate his social position.

15. With whom must the main character transact the business to which he refers in the first letter?
(a) With his aunt.
(b) With his landlord.
(c) With his neighbor.
(d) With his fiance.