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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a place Marietta claims to have seen ghosts?

2. What do Effi and her friends give a sea burial?

3. In what month does Effi return to Kessin from her parents' home?

4. How does Effi's father describe his daughter?

5. What does Effi hate, as stated in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are Innstetten's domestic servants?

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

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

4. Where is the Chinaman buried?

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

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

7. What do Effi and her father discuss about Rollo when she returns to Hohen-Cremmen for a visit?

8. How is Effi Briest described?

9. What makes Effi feel better after seeing a ghost in her home?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Effi's loneliness during her marriage to Innstetten. What causes her loneliness? Is Innstetten to blame for her loneliness? Why or why not? Does Effi's loneliness excuse her affair with Crampas? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

How does the adulterous relationship between Effi and Crampas affect them and those around them? What happens to Effi's life after Innstetten finds out about the affair?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the author of the novel "Effi Briest", Theodor Fontane. Is he a respected writer? What other works has he written? Discuss his legacy.

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