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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What favor does Werther ask of his friend Wilhelm in the letter of March 24?
(a) To write a letter of Werther's resignation to the ambassador.
(b) To ask Count C. to publicly defend Werther.
(c) To break the news of Werther's resignation to Werther's mother.
(d) To beg the Ambassador to allow Werther to remain in his employ.

2. What does Werther vow he will never do, though he very much wants to?
(a) Confess to a minister.
(b) Get married.
(c) Duel with Albert.
(d) Kiss Lotte.

3. What, according to Werther, is most dangerous to the individual?
(a) Desire.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Depression.
(d) Solitude.

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

5. What does Werther suddenly shout at Lotte, as related in the letter of December 4?
(a) He shouts for her to love him.
(b) He shouts for her to stop playing.
(c) He shouts out a warning of danger.
(d) He shouts out his love for her.

6. In the letter of October 20, what does Werther assert gives us "a genuine sense of ourselves?"
(a) To blend into the crowd.
(b) To keep pace with or surpass others.
(c) To fall behind one's peers.
(d) To be absolutely unique and different.

7. What excuse does Werther give for wanting to embrace Lotte?
(a) That Lotte would want him to do so.
(b) That the act of embracing Lotte would claim her as his own.
(c) That such an embrace is a natural instinct.
(d) That Albert would not begrudge him the act.

8. What final request does Werther make of Albert when Albert returns from his journey?
(a) To borrow his pistols.
(b) For Albert to accompany him into town.
(c) For Albert to give up Lotte.
(d) To always love and cherish Lotte.

9. What vision is Werther constantly haunted by, as related in the letter of December 6?
(a) Lotte's figure.
(b) Fire and brimstone.
(c) A weapon in his own hand.
(d) A dead man.

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

11. What action does Werther take upon confirming the alarming news he heard at Lotte's home?
(a) Werther helps nurse Lotte back to health.
(b) Werther vows to aid in Albert's recovery.
(c) Werther leaves Wahlheim in grief.
(d) Werther defends the murderer.

12. What is this person Werther meets on his walk doing when Werther meets them?
(a) Purchasing food for supper.
(b) Hunting.
(c) Sketching a landscape.
(d) Looking for flowers to pick.

13. What do Lotte' siblings do on December 21 that causes Werther to be overcome with emotion?
(a) They ask him how old he will be at his next birthday.
(b) They invite him to the Christmas dinner being hosted by Lotte's father.
(c) They make him a list of New Year wishes.
(d) They encourage him to never give up hope.

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

15. As of November 30, Werther feels he is not destined to:
(a) Live a happy life.
(b) Find true love.
(c) Ever recover his wits.
(d) Make any friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What relationship did the person Werther met in the letter of November 30 have to Werther's other friends?

2. Why does Werther like the new person he met in the letter of November 26?

3. What dream does Werther relate to Wilhelm in the letter of December 16?

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

5. What troubling news does Werther hear at Lotte's home, according to the Editor?

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