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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At dinner in Uvagla, who offers a toast to the forester?
(a) Wüllersdorf.
(b) Pastor Lindequist.
(c) Innstetten.
(d) Güldenklee.

2. Who offers help after Effi is abandoned by her husband and parents?
(a) Roswitha.
(b) Gieshübler.
(c) Hulda Niemeyer.
(d) Dagobert.

3. What does Innstetten say is passé in Berlin?
(a) Operas.
(b) Frilly dresses.
(c) Reading poetry.
(d) Carriages.

4. What does Innstetten want to be able to hear from his new home?
(a) Running water.
(b) Birds.
(c) Church bells.
(d) Street noise.

5. What does Roswitha say she would rather do than give birth again?
(a) Set herself on fire.
(b) Stick a needle in her eye.
(c) Drown.
(d) Be stoned.

6. What does the registered letter contain?
(a) Money and a note.
(b) A newspaper clipping and a note.
(c) A property deed and a note.
(d) A will and a note.

7. What month is it when Innstetten travels to have a duel with Crampas?
(a) January.
(b) June.
(c) November.
(d) September.

8. What happens after Effi reads the registered letter?
(a) Effi laughs.
(b) Effi cries.
(c) Effi becomes angry.
(d) Effi faints.

9. What song is sung at the dinner for the forester?
(a) The Prussian anthem.
(b) O Tannenbaum.
(c) Life Let Us Cherish.
(d) Schweizerlied.

10. Where do Innstetten and Crampas fight their duel?
(a) In front of Crampas' house.
(b) On a dirt road.
(c) On the beach.
(d) In a farmer's field.

11. Who does Roswitha accuse Johanna of being in love with in Chapter 29?
(a) Innstetten.
(b) Wüllersdorf.
(c) Rummschüttel.
(d) Crampas.

12. A rumor circulates in Kessin that Innstetten will be assigned to a post in which country?
(a) Morocco.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) Samoa.
(d) Russia.

13. What does Effi dislike about the preacher at Christuskirche across the street from her flat?
(a) He dwells on the Old Testament.
(b) She doesn't think he is pious enough.
(c) She has seen him leer at women.
(d) She can tell he judges her for her actions in the past.

14. While staying in Ems, what does Effi notice suddenly stops?
(a) The arrival of letters from home.
(b) Frau Zwicker keeping her company.
(c) The rainy weather.
(d) Birds singing outside.

15. What does Roswitha write to Innstetten to request that he send to Effi at Hohen-Cremmen?
(a) Her wedding dress.
(b) Rollo.
(c) Annie.
(d) Effi's piano.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why don't Cristel and Friedrich move to Berlin?

2. How long does it take Effi to recover from her illness once she returns to Hohen-Cremmen?

3. Who are the Gizickis?

4. In Chapter 34, what disease does Effi's doctor say she has developed a tendency for?

5. What do Effi and her mother think of the apartment they see in Keithstrasse?

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