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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Werther in the letter of November 15, what is the fate of Man?
(a) To be happy and joyful.
(b) To suffer in bitterness.
(c) To serve one another.
(d) To work the land.

3. What irritates Werther about Lotte and the friend who visits her in the letter of October 26?
(a) Their seeming indifference to the losses of others.
(b) Their high-pitched laughter.
(c) Their insistence on reading Werther's letters aloud.
(d) Their reliance on men for their livelihoods.

4. What is Lotte's response to Werther's outburst, as related in the letter of December 4?
(a) Lotte asks Werther to be quiet lest he wake the children.
(b) Lotte tells Werther he is ill and must calm himself.
(c) Lotte shouts back at Werther in frustration.
(d) Lotte makes no verbal response, but gives Werther a significant look.

5. What has happened to the farmer-boy Werther once met in Wahlheim's town square?
(a) He has been fired.
(b) He has sustained an injury.
(c) He has married his lover.
(d) He has become violent.

6. What about his social faux pas of March 15 distresses Werther greatly?
(a) That he cannot commit the error again.
(b) That no one told him of the problem.
(c) The he hurt his friends' feelings.
(d) That news of it is all over town.

7. In the letter of December 1, who relates to Werther the story of the person Werther met in the letter of November 30?
(a) Lotte's father.
(b) Phillips.
(c) Albert.
(d) Hans' mother.

8. What is the surprise Werther receives from Lotte and Albert in the letter of February 20?
(a) The news of one of Lotte's siblings' deaths.
(b) An invitation to join them as they travel.
(c) A gift for his birthday.
(d) The news of their marriage.

9. What subject is Werther's employer continuously harping on?
(a) Grammar.
(b) History.
(c) Politics.
(d) Morality.

10. With whom has Werther formed a new acquaintance in the letter of November 26?
(a) Sir D.
(b) Madam G.
(c) Baroness M.
(d) Count C.

11. To whom does Werther write his letter of January 20, 1772?
(a) Albert.
(b) Wilhelm.
(c) Count C.
(d) Lotte.

12. What relative of the girl Werther finds attractive does Werther meet?
(a) Her cousin.
(b) Her aunt.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her brother.

13. In his letter of December 21, what does Werther tell Lotte he is "resolved" to do?
(a) To die.
(b) To love.
(c) To leave Wahlheim.
(d) To grieve.

14. What instrument does Lotte play, as related in the letter of December 4?
(a) The piano.
(b) The violin.
(c) The clarinet.
(d) The flute.

15. Who tells Werther in the letter of March 16 that his recent disgrace has negatively affected them as well?
(a) Wilhelm.
(b) Lotte.
(c) Miss von B.
(d) Adelin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Werther continually assert in the letter of March 15 about his social faux pas?

2. What specific thing does Albert request of Lotte, as related by the Editor?

3. Why, according to the Editor, did Albert often leave the room when Werther entered it?

4. Who does Werther meet on his walk, as related in the letter of November 30?

5. What final request does Werther make of Albert when Albert returns from his journey?

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