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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Werther assert, regarding the upper-class society he finds himself in in Weimar?
(a) That society's structure rests upon distinctions of class.
(b) That an individual's desires outweigh the feelings of the masses.
(c) That the position one occupies is actually immaterial.
(d) That they are correct to be preoccupied with rank.

2. What aspect of humanity does Werther assert, in the letter of October 26, makes him want to "tear his heart open"?
(a) The notion that everyone supposedly has only one soul-mate.
(b) The idea that love can wither and die.
(c) The fact that death is inevitable.
(d) The notion that people mean quite little to one another.

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

4. What best describes the personality of Werther's employer?
(a) Happy.
(b) Curious.
(c) Angry.
(d) Morose.

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

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

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

8. What type of animal does Lotte keep as a pet?
(a) A mare.
(b) A spoiled cat.
(c) A canary.
(d) A hound-dog.

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

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

11. How does Werther respond to his own reading on December 21?
(a) With enthusiastic resolve.
(b) With impassioned anger.
(c) With tears and kisses for Lotte.
(d) With melancholic silence.

12. What, according to the Editor, does Lotte resolve to do about her problematic connection Werther?
(a) To remove Werther from her presence.
(b) To cement her marriage with Albert by becoming pregnant.
(c) To ignore the entire situation until it resolves itself.
(d) To elope with Werther.

13. What clothing was Werther wearing when he met Lotte?
(a) A silk top hat.
(b) A blue-frock coat.
(c) Gold-buckled shoes.
(d) Kid gloves.

14. What event causes Werther to "run out into the night," as related in the letter of December 12?
(a) A flood.
(b) A fire.
(c) A multiple murder.
(d) A storm.

15. What does the event of December 12 cause Werther to wish to do, though he finds himself unable to do it?
(a) Hang himself.
(b) Immolate himself.
(c) Drown himself.
(d) Shoot himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Werther often wish would happen to him, as related in numerous letters?

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

3. Where is Werther walking in the letter of November 30?

4. What did the farmer-boy of Wahlheim do that resulted in his current fate?

5. What about his social faux pas of March 15 distresses Werther greatly?

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