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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Effi's mother joke that her daughter is in love with?
(a) Captain Thomsen.
(b) Dagobert.
(c) Major Crampas.
(d) Gieshübler.

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

3. What instrument does Effi sometimes play for her husband?
(a) Piano.
(b) Violin.
(c) Dulcimer.
(d) Harp.

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

5. Where did Innstetten meet Crampas?
(a) At a horse race.
(b) In school.
(c) In the army.
(d) At a political rally.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Crampas say Heine is his favorite poet?

2. What does Innstetten suggest that he and Effi do before going to the reception that Gieshübler invited them to?

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

4. After her wedding, where does Effi send her parents a full letter from?

5. What does Effi warn Roswitha about when she sees her in the graveyard?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Effi Briest described?

2. Who does Effi's father believe would have been a better match for Innstetten?

3. What does Effi think she hears overhead when she awakes in Kessin for the first time?

4. How did Innstetten come to be named Landrat for Kessin?

5. Where is the Chinaman buried?

6. What does Effi's father talk about after breakfast on the day after Effi's wedding?

7. Who are Effi's childhood friends?

8. Who does Effi's mother joke that Effi is in love with, and why?

9. Where does Effi intend to go after her baby is born?

10. What is said must accompany love for Effi's sake?

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