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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 event does Werther inadvertently attend, as related in the letter of March 15?
(a) A masque ball.
(b) An assembly.
(c) A parade.
(d) A court procedure.

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

3. What experience, in Werther's opinion, does everybody in Weimar ruin for one another?
(a) The journey between life and death
(b) The experience of love.
(c) The enjoyment of a beautiful day.
(d) The prospect of a fulfilling life.

4. How does Werther respond to his own reading on December 21?
(a) With melancholic silence.
(b) With impassioned anger.
(c) With enthusiastic resolve.
(d) With tears and kisses for Lotte.

5. What annoys Werther's employer?
(a) The many procedures of governmental work.
(b) Werther's political views.
(c) Werther's acquaintance with a different man.
(d) The slowness of Werther's work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What favor does Werther ask of his friend Wilhelm in the letter of March 24?

2. According to Werther in the letter of October 19, what will fill the void in his heart?

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

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

5. What troubling news does Werther hear at Lotte's home, according to the Editor?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Werther describe the Ambassador?

3. How does Werther's relationship with God seem to change from its prior state toward the end of the letter of November 30, and how does Werther express his feelings about this change?

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

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

6. Who does Werther meet while walking along the water's edge in Wahlheim, what is the person doing, and what does this person look like, as related in the letter of November 30?

7. Describe the interaction between Lotte, Werther, and Lotte's new pet, as related in the letter of September 12.

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

9. What does the Editor express about the state of Lotte's heart and mind during the time when Werther's feelings are completely overpowering him?

10. Whom does Werther meet while walking in Weimar, and what is this young woman like?

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