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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Before going to Berlin, what does Effi visit the chemist's to buy?
(a) Smelling salts.
(b) Baby powder.
(c) Soap.
(d) Perfume.

4. Where do Effi and Innstetten meet fellow tourists, the von Penzes?
(a) Zürich.
(b) Venice.
(c) Copenhagen.
(d) Düsseldorf.

5. Who does Effi see by chance on the horse tram one day?
(a) Innstetten.
(b) Wüllersdorf.
(c) Johanna.
(d) Annie.

6. What play does Crampas produce in Chapter 18?
(a) "The Biblical Way".
(b) "One False Step".
(c) "The Miracle".
(d) "The Tutor".

7. Who sits with Effi on the ride back from Uvagla until they reach the schloon?
(a) Innstetten.
(b) Crampas.
(c) Gieshübler.
(d) Sidonie.

8. Who does Innstetten ask to post some letters for him?
(a) Johanna.
(b) Wüllersdorf.
(c) Annie.
(d) Roswitha.

9. When does Innstetten begin his new job at the ministry?
(a) In January.
(b) In April.
(c) In October.
(d) In July.

10. Three years after the truth about Effi's affair came out, where is she living?
(a) In Hohen-Cremmen.
(b) On Königgrätzerstrasse.
(c) In Kessin.
(d) In Switzerland.

11. 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.

12. What do Effi and her mother think of the apartment they see in Keithstrasse?
(a) It is too small.
(b) It is dilapidated.
(c) It is a health risk.
(d) It is perfect.

13. Where did Roswitha give birth to a child?
(a) In a clinic.
(b) In a barn.
(c) In a church.
(d) In a basement.

14. Why does Innstetten feel he must duel with Crampas?
(a) To keep society's code.
(b) To teach Crampas a lesson.
(c) To defend his wife's honor.
(d) For revenge.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Innstetten consider going because he believes people there are unconstrained by culture and honor?

3. How does Innstetten feel about Effi's participation in Crampas' play?

4. What does Roswitha say she would rather do than give birth again?

5. Who is killed in the duel at the end of Chapter 28?

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