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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 subject do Albert and Werther discuss so heatedly in the letter of August 12?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Fratricide.
(c) Thievery.
(d) Infidelity.

2. What does the main character vow to do now that he is away?
(a) To seek knowledge and wisdom.
(b) To enjoy the present moment.
(c) To find a willing wife.
(d) To take the popular Grand Tour.

3. What of old Count von M.'s does the main character praise for its pleasurable effect?
(a) The stables.
(b) The mansion.
(c) The fields.
(d) The garden.

4. What author does Werther enjoy reading?
(a) St. Augustine.
(b) Homer.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Goethe.

5. How did Lotte and Albert become betrothed?
(a) Albert owed Lotte's father a debt of honor.
(b) The two were thrown together by Fate.
(c) Lotte and Albert are being punished for certain indiscretions.
(d) Lotte's mother wished it upon her deathbed.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the main character classify the recent events that sent him away?

3. What kind of tree borders the town square where Werther spends much of his time?

4. What does Werther feel now that he is in this new location at the beginning of the book?

5. What is in the package Werther receives from Albert on August 26?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Werther ask his friend Wilhelm not to do, and why?

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

4. How does Werther meet Lotte?

5. What is Werther's opinion of his aunt?

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

7. Who is Albert, and what is Werther's reaction to learning about him?

8. How does Werther describe the town of Wahlheim?

9. How is Werther first received by the commoners of the village, and how does Werther view their reaction to him?

10. What specific space, which Werther found in his explorations of the town, does he find pleasurable?

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