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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. Where does Johanna tell Roswitha to look for Effi's long bandage?

2. Who does Innstetten ask to post some letters for him?

3. How does Crampas treat Effi differently than the other cast members of the play?

4. What does Innstetten feel toward Effi when he learns of her affair?

5. Who does Effi see by chance on the horse tram one day?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Effi's return trip to Kessin from Berlin postponed?

2. What is found one day after Annie cuts her head?

3. Who does Effi stay with when she goes house-hunting in Berlin?

4. What does the postman deliver to Effi when she is staying in Ems?

5. What does Johanna point out when Roswitha says what happened between Crampas and Effi happened long ago?

6. Who helps Effi after her husband and family abandon her?

7. What does Innstetten ask of Wüllersdorf in Chapter 28?

8. What does Effi hope will be helped by moving to Berlin?

9. Why does Innstetten say he must duel with Crampas?

10. Why doesn't Effi travel to Switzerland or Menton when she is ill, even though the doctor recommends it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the affair between Effi and Major Crampas. How does it come about? Why does Effi commit adultery? How does Effi feel about Crampas? How does Crampas feel about Effi? How does the affair end?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the importance of duty and honor in 19th century German society. Who personifies duty and honor in the story? How does the importance placed on duty and honor affect the lives of the characters?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Fontane's use of irony in the novel "Effi Briest".

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