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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What special clothes is Werther buried in?
(a) The simple garb of a peasant.
(b) A set of leather boots and kid gloves.
(c) A blue coat and buff waistcoat.
(d) A black overcoat and top-hat.

2. Whom does Werther blame for his sorrows in the letter of November 3?
(a) Albert.
(b) Lotte.
(c) Himself.
(d) Wilhelm.

3. From whom does Werther receive an invitation to travel, as related in the letter of May 9?
(a) From Count C.
(b) From the Prince.
(c) From Adelin.
(d) From Wilhelm.

4. Where is Werther walking in the letter of November 30?
(a) In a garden.
(b) Along a ridge.
(c) Through town.
(d) By the water.

5. What does Werther wonder about happiness in the letter of November 30?
(a) If it can only be obtained when one has no reasoning capabilities.
(b) How people define the happiness of their friends and family.
(c) Whether it can be worked for, or must be wished for.
(d) If it is truly everyone's destiny to find happiness.

6. What does Werther imagine about Albert in the letter of October 10?
(a) That Albert married Lotte only for her money.
(b) That Albert plots to destroy Werther's reputation.
(c) That Albert is keeping secrets from his wife.
(d) That Albert is not as happily married as he should be.

7. Why does Werther like the new person he met in the letter of November 26?
(a) He or she is a great artist.
(b) He or she is extremely good-looking.
(c) He or she is fabulously wealthy.
(d) He or she is kind and understanding.

8. What does Lotte ask Werther to read when he visits her on December 21?
(a) Homer.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Ossian.
(d) Petrarch.

9. What does Werther find trying about his employer?
(a) The man is extremely condescending.
(b) The man is too meticulous.
(c) The man is not wealthy enough.
(d) The man is too nosy.

10. What does Werther often wish would happen to him, as related in numerous letters?
(a) That he would travel more.
(b) That he would marry any girl.
(c) That he would duel with Albert.
(d) That he would die.

11. 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 Lotte has suddenly been taken very ill.
(c) That Albert has been injured in a horse-riding accident.
(d) That Lotte's father has succumbed to illness and died

12. What is the name of the girl Werther finds himself interested in, as related in the letter of December 24?
(a) Miss L. R.
(b) Miss Schleck.
(c) Miss von B.
(d) Miss van H.

13. What sad news does Werther receive from the little peasant family of Wahlheim, related in the letter of August 4?
(a) That young Hans has died.
(b) That Mr. von B. is very ill.
(c) That Albert has been gravely injured.
(d) That Werther's mother has lost her fortune.

14. What specific thing does Albert request of Lotte, as related by the Editor?
(a) That she agree to move to another town with him.
(b) That she consent to be his bride.
(c) That she take a position as a governess for some income.
(d) That she discourage Werther from visiting so often.

15. What social faux pas does Werther commit in the letter of March 15?
(a) He accidentally insults a fine lady.
(b) He arrives under-dressed for a formal occasion.
(c) He socializes with those above him in rank.
(d) He refuses to bow to the Prince.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gives Werther a special gift, related in the letter of April 19?

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

3. According to Werther in the letter of October 19, what will fill the void in his heart?

4. What caused the person Werther met in the Letter of November 30 to act the way he does?

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

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