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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 is this person Werther meets on his walk doing when Werther meets them?
(a) Hunting.
(b) Sketching a landscape.
(c) Purchasing food for supper.
(d) Looking for flowers to pick.

2. According to Werther in the letter of October 19, what will fill the void in his heart?
(a) Traveling abroad.
(b) Holding Lotte to his heart.
(c) Finding a wife of his own.
(d) Writing sentimental poetry.

3. What special clothes is Werther buried in?
(a) A blue coat and buff waistcoat.
(b) A set of leather boots and kid gloves.
(c) The simple garb of a peasant.
(d) A black overcoat and top-hat.

4. What relative of the girl Werther finds attractive does Werther meet?
(a) Her cousin.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her aunt.

5. In his letter of December 21, what does Werther tell Lotte he is "resolved" to do?
(a) To die.
(b) To leave Wahlheim.
(c) To love.
(d) To grieve.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Werther find trying about his employer?

2. What is the surprise Werther receives from Lotte and Albert in the letter of February 20?

3. What does Werther wonder about happiness in the letter of November 30?

4. What caused the person Werther met in the Letter of November 30 to act the way he does?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Werther perceive Count C.?

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

3. How do Werther's personality and his thoughts change upon returning to Wahlheim?

4. What is the substance of Werther's letter of January 20 to Lotte?

5. Summarize the event, related in the letter of March 15, which causes Werther considerable humiliation.

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

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

8. What does Werther find out in the letter of December 1 about the man he met by the water, and how does he find this out?

9. Summarize the final interaction between Werther and Lotte.

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

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