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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 or what does Effi tell her father she could NOT have survived in Kessin without?
(a) Reading the daily newspaper.
(b) Knowing she would have a baby.
(c) Rollo.
(d) Roswitha.

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

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

4. What has the chemist sent to the Innstetten household as a gift?
(a) A cake.
(b) A small painting.
(c) A book of poems.
(d) Flowers.

5. How is Hulda Niemeyer's character described?
(a) As generous.
(b) As negative.
(c) As talkative.
(d) As boring.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Effi tell Johanna she has seen in her room?

2. How does Innstetten think Effi will feel about the town she has just moved to?

3. What complaint does Effi have about her house, which will be relevant after the birth of her child?

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

5. Where does Bismarck invite Innstetten to go?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is Baron Geert von Innstetten acquainted with the Briest family?

4. What does Effi observe in the surroundings of her new home?

5. In Chapter 4, what does Effi's father think of the purchases she made in Berlin?

6. Why does Innstetten hope Effi will become well-liked?

7. What do the aristocrats who meet Effi have to say about her?

8. What complaints does Roswitha have about her former employer?

9. What does Effi think of when she sees Innstetten in his office?

10. As she studies the surroundings of her new home, who does Effi see stroll past?

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