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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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 emphasizes the editor's role in the narrative, compared to the original
  • 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

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?

  • Wilhelm's wife, about whom Werther inquires
  • Werther's beloved
  • A woman who was in love with Werther before the novel begins
  • A statue that Werther considers the ideal feminine form

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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