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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. In the letter of August 18, what thing does Werther admit to finding both joy and misery in?
(a) Darkness.
(b) Reading.
(c) Conversation.
(d) Nature.

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

3. Which person considers Werther's conduct with the children to be below Werther's social station?
(a) Albert.
(b) Lotte.
(c) Lotte's father.
(d) The doctor.

4. What effect does Lotte's continued presence have on Werther?
(a) Werther becomes bored.
(b) Werther's senses begin to fail him.
(c) Werther feels physically ill.
(d) Werther can only speak in riddles.

5. What does Werther think of Albert?
(a) That Albert has suspicious motives.
(b) That Albert is absolutely uninteresting.
(c) That Albert is boorish and irritating.
(d) That Albert is respectable and likable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What subject do Werther and Lotte discuss at length in the letter of September 10?

2. Whom does Werther assist in his or her daily chore?

3. What does Werther think of when he watches the village girls?

4. In the letter of July 6, to what does Werther compare a child washing her hands?

5. What is the name of the youngest person Werther meets in the town square?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Werther describe his delight in the countryside surrounding Wahlheim?

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

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

4. What is the substance of Werther's conversation with the farmer-boy in the town square of Wahlheim?

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

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

7. What natural feature of the environment of his town does Werther feel particularly drawn to, and to what does he compare the feeling?

8. What "worthy man" has Werther gotten to know, and where does he live?

9. 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?

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

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