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The Sorrows of Young Werther Quiz 1
1.
Before writing The Sorrows of Young Werther, Goethe:
Traveled to Italy and wrote a memoir of the experience
Was a poor laborer
Wrote a tragedy based on the life of Götz von Berlichingen
Unsuccussfully attempted suicide
2.
The Sorrows of Young Werther is:
An autobiography
A burlesque
An epistolatory novel
A narrative poem
3.
Werther was first published in:
1750
1774
1781
1800
4.
When was Goethe's revision of Werther published?
Posthumously
1810
1781
1777
5.
Which of the following ISN'T true of Goethe's revision of Werther?
It is considerably more sympathetic to Werther's point of view than the original
It is the version widely read today
It is the only version widely available in an English translation
It emphasizes the editor's role in the narrative, compared to the original
6.
Werther is set in:
The 1680s
1771-1772
The South of France
1774
7.
Almost all of Werther's letters are addressed to:
His friend, Albert
His mother
His beloved, Lotte
His friend, Wilhelm
8.
Who is Leonora?
Werther's beloved
A woman who was in love with Werther before the novel begins
A statue that Werther considers the ideal feminine form
Wilhelm's wife, about whom Werther inquires
9.
Werther's family is:
Proud of him
Happy but stifling
Almost all deceased
Largely divided by misunderstanding and neglect
10.
Werther compares the peasant women he sees at the well to:
Women in biblical times
A ballad
Children
Women depicted in Homer
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