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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After dinner with Innstetten, who does Effi go to visit?
(a) The Zwickers.
(b) The Gellenhagens.
(c) The Rummschüttels.
(d) The Niemeyers.

2. What change has Innstetten seen in Effi since giving birth?
(a) She has become mean.
(b) She has become more seductive.
(c) She has stopped doting on him.
(d) She has become depressed.

3. What does Effi's father suggest that makes her mother call him "incorrigible"?
(a) That he'll have to go to the poor house.
(b) That he can't afford to pay for a wedding.
(c) That Effi have a honeymoon.
(d) That Effi should have a nicer dress than the one she picked out.

4. In which town does Innstetten live as Landrat?
(a) Kessin.
(b) Klein-Tantow.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Hamburg.

5. What is the name of Innstetten's maid?
(a) Johanna.
(b) Grete.
(c) Elke.
(d) Charlotte.

6. Which of the following is NOT a place Marietta claims to have seen ghosts?
(a) Russia.
(b) Kessin.
(c) Bavaria.
(d) Romania.

7. What animal does Crampas suggest hunting for in Chapter 16?
(a) Bears.
(b) Seals.
(c) Deer.
(d) Foxes.

8. After her wedding, where does Effi send her parents a full letter from?
(a) Padua.
(b) Naples.
(c) Genoa.
(d) Milan.

9. Where does the von Briest family home stand?
(a) In Berlin.
(b) In Klein-Tantow.
(c) In Hohen-Cremmen.
(d) In Kessin.

10. What description are we given of Hulda's mother?
(a) She is austere.
(b) She is uneducated.
(c) She is sensitive.
(d) She is delicate.

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

12. In which month is the district commandant replaced?
(a) July.
(b) January.
(c) October.
(d) April.

13. What do several of the people Effi visits with say she is infected with?
(a) The flu.
(b) Rationalism.
(c) A free spirit.
(d) Naiveté.

14. Who does Effi tell Johanna she has seen in her room?
(a) Capt. Thomsen.
(b) Major Crampas.
(c) Friedrich.
(d) The Chinaman.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is characteristic of the elegantly dressed man that Effi sees stroll by her?

2. What has the chemist sent to the Innstetten household as a gift?

3. What does Marietta says destroys careers?

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

5. Who says that Innstetten is "frosty as a snowman"?

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