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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Innstetten schedule visits with for Effi to meet?
(a) Local church leaders.
(b) Members of the landed aristocracy.
(c) Their neighbors.
(d) His political colleagues.

2. According to Crampas, why does Innstetten tell ghost stories?
(a) To scare his staff.
(b) To combat boredom.
(c) To stand out.
(d) To pick on Effi.

3. What office does Innstetten hold?
(a) Mayor.
(b) Secretary.
(c) Councillor.
(d) Landrat.

4. Who is the elegantly dressed man that strolls by Effi?
(a) Gieshübler.
(b) Capt. Thomsen.
(c) Innstetten's butler.
(d) Herr Kruse.

5. What is characteristic of the elegantly dressed man that Effi sees stroll by her?
(a) He is deformed.
(b) He is bald.
(c) He is talking to himself.
(d) He is dragging a cart behind him.

6. Effi is invited to a reception in honor of whom?
(a) Marietta Trippelli.
(b) Major Crampas.
(c) Gieshübler.
(d) Innstetten.

7. What kind of train do Effi and Innstetten take to Berlin?
(a) An express train.
(b) A luxury train.
(c) A freight train.
(d) A sleeper train.

8. What expression does Effi make when she reads Innstetten's letter in Chapter 4?
(a) Effi frowns.
(b) Effi rolls her eyes.
(c) Effi smiles.
(d) Effi grimaces.

9. From her new home, what can Effi see beyond the Plantation?
(a) A bluish mountain range.
(b) Apple trees.
(c) Thatched cottages.
(d) A lake.

10. What does Effi's father suggest that makes her mother call him "incorrigible"?
(a) That he can't afford to pay for a wedding.
(b) That he'll have to go to the poor house.
(c) That Effi have a honeymoon.
(d) That Effi should have a nicer dress than the one she picked out.

11. What is Innstetten's full name?
(a) Baron Dierk von Innstetten.
(b) Baron Armin von Innstetten.
(c) Baron Hanke von Innstetten.
(d) Baron Geert von Innstetten.

12. Where do Crampas, Innstetten and Effi often go riding horses?
(a) Through the forest.
(b) At a race track.
(c) In farmer's fields.
(d) The beach.

13. In which month is the district commandant replaced?
(a) April.
(b) January.
(c) July.
(d) October.

14. What is the name of Innstetten's maid?
(a) Johanna.
(b) Charlotte.
(c) Grete.
(d) Elke.

15. Which of the following is NOT said of Innstetten?
(a) He possesses character.
(b) He possesses property.
(c) He possesses morality.
(d) He possesses position.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Effi awakes in her new home, what does she think she hears overhead?

2. What worries Hertha about Effi's engagement?

3. How does Effi's mother know Baron Innstetten?

4. Who does Effi's mother joke that her daughter is in love with?

5. What instrument does Effi sometimes play for her husband?

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