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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. How does Werther feel, now that he has moved away from Wahlheim?
(a) Utter contentment pervades his being.
(b) He feels sad and lost.
(c) His mood is improving.
(d) Suspicion rules his mind.

2. Why, according to the Editor, did Albert often leave the room when Werther entered it?
(a) Out of aversion to Werther's own presence and connection to Lotte.
(b) Out of ignorance, he merely happened to wander off whenever he saw Werther.
(c) Out of sensitivity to the negative effect his presence had on Werther.
(d) Out of his own suspicious nature, he withdrew to spy on Werther.

3. 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 elope with Werther.
(d) To ignore the entire situation until it resolves itself.

4. To whom does Werther write his letter of January 20, 1772?
(a) Lotte.
(b) Wilhelm.
(c) Count C.
(d) Albert.

5. According to Werther in the letter of October 20, upon what do happiness or misery depend?
(a) Upon the things in one's environment.
(b) Upon one's ethic of hard work.
(c) Upon one's faith in God.
(d) Upon the people with whom one associates.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the event of December 12 cause Werther to wish to do, though he finds himself unable to do it?

2. What recent event, related in the letter of September 15, makes Werther both angry and sad?

3. What irritates Werther about Lotte and the friend who visits her in the letter of October 26?

4. What does Lotte ask Werther to read when he visits her on December 21?

5. To what does Werther compare himself at the end of the letter of November 30?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize the ongoing story of the farmer-boy whom Werther had met earlier in the novel.

2. What reaction does Werther have to the news about the walnut trees in the courtyard of the vicarage?

3. What has caused the man Werther meets in the letter of November 30 to act the way he does?

4. Describe the Prince and why Werther is involved with him.

5. What news does Werther receive from Albert and Lotte in the letter dated February 20, and how does Werther respond to the news?

6. What bothers Werther about many of the people he meets?

7. How does Werther describe the Ambassador?

8. What are Werther's general views on religion, as expressed in several letters?

9. Describe the nature and circumstances of Werther's death and of his burial.

10. What disturbing news regarding the farmer-boy shocks Werther, and how does he react?

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