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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is the "Melusine" to whom Werther refers?
(a) One of the mythical Furies.
(b) A mythical water-nymph.
(c) The daughter of the town mayor.
(d) A historical French princess.

3. Whose business must the main character deal with in the first letter?
(a) His good friend's.
(b) His mother's.
(c) His associate's.
(d) His father's.

4. To what does Werther compare his "poor heart?"
(a) To a blushing maiden.
(b) To a questing knight.
(c) To a robust soldier.
(d) To an ailing child.

5. What tone does Werther desire his literature to have?
(a) That of passionate desire.
(b) That of determined resolve.
(c) That of rousing action.
(d) That of soothing lullabies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Werther mourn in his letter of May 17?

2. What effect does Lotte's continued presence have on Werther?

3. What notable event occurs in the novel on August 28?

4. What author does Werther enjoy reading?

5. What does Werther like to watch the village girls do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Werther observe the local girls doing?

2. What are Lotte's views on books and reading?

3. Who does Werther meet while sitting on a plow in Wahlheim's town square, and what is the substance of their various interactions with Werther?

4. What does Werther mourn in the letter of May 17, 1771?

5. What is the substance of Werther and Lotte's conversation the night before Werther leaves Wahlheim?

6. To what does Werther compare Lotte's influence on him in the letter of July 26, and what the effects of her influence upon him?

7. What is the substance of Werther and Albert's conversation, as Werther relates it in the letter of August 12?

8. What does Werther find to be the general causes of frustration in business dealings?

9. What example does Werther give Albert regarding the justifiability of suicide, and why does Werther take the standpoint he does?

10. How has Werther's life or attitudes changed after falling in love with Lotte?

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