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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Briests fear will happen if Effi does NOT have another child?
(a) Annie will have a lonely childhood.
(b) Annie will have to take over the family business.
(c) The family name will die out.
(d) Innstetten will abandon her.

2. While on vacation in the summer, Effi hears of a town which shares its name with which of her acquaintances?
(a) Instetten.
(b) Crampas.
(c) Trippelli.
(d) Gieshübler.

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

4. Who is Wüllersdorf?
(a) Innstetten's colleague at the ministry.
(b) The Innstettens' neighbor.
(c) Annie's school teacher.
(d) Roswitha's secret lover.

5. After the duel, who deals with the authorities on Innstetten's behalf?
(a) Wüllersdorf.
(b) Innstetten himself.
(c) Crampas.
(d) Effi's father.

6. In Chapter 34, who writes to Effi's parents to say she should be with them?
(a) Effi.
(b) Roswitha.
(c) Innstetten.
(d) Dr. Rummschüttel.

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

8. How long does Innstetten go to jail for his role in the duel?
(a) Six weeks.
(b) One week.
(c) One year.
(d) He did not go to jail.

9. After returning to her parents' home, what illness does Effi catch in late summer?
(a) A cold.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) The flu.
(d) Tuberculosis.

10. What illness does Dr. Hannemann treat Effi for?
(a) Anemia.
(b) Measles.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Fever.

11. What is the name of the man who meets Effi and her traveling party in Uvagla?
(a) Jung.
(b) Ring.
(c) Wolf.
(d) Hahn.

12. Who does Effi seek help from to get permission to see her daughter?
(a) The Minister's wife.
(b) Her father.
(c) Innstetten's boss.
(d) Gieshübler.

13. What ancient artifact do Effi and Innstetten see at Lake Hertha?
(a) A Roman bath.
(b) Sacrificial stones.
(c) Ruins of a castle.
(d) Cave paintings.

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

15. Who does Innstetten say Annie gets her temperament from?
(a) Being spoiled when she was a baby.
(b) Her French blood.
(c) Effi's mother.
(d) Annie's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. A rumor circulates in Kessin that Innstetten will be assigned to a post in which country?

2. Where did Roswitha give birth to a child?

3. Where do Innstetten and Crampas fight their duel?

4. What does Innstetten want to be able to hear from his new home?

5. Living at Hohen-Cremmen, who does Effi wish she had as a companion?

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