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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Effi claim to love in Chapter 4?
(a) Anyone who wishes her well.
(b) People who recite poetry.
(c) People who enjoy the outdoors.
(d) Anyone who can fascinate her.

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

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

4. Who is the elegantly dressed man that strolls by Effi?
(a) Innstetten's butler.
(b) Gieshübler.
(c) Capt. Thomsen.
(d) Herr Kruse.

5. What kind of home does Innstetten have?
(a) An old-fashioned house.
(b) A former fortress.
(c) A modern apartment.
(d) A chalet-style house.

6. Three days after the wedding, where does a postcard arrive from for the Briests?
(a) Cologne.
(b) Munich.
(c) Hamburg.
(d) Berlin.

7. How does Effi's father describe his daughter?
(a) A child of beauty.
(b) A child of nature.
(c) A child of patience.
(d) A child of grace.

8. How does Innstetten think Effi will feel about the town she has just moved to?
(a) She will feel rejected by it.
(b) She will feel accepted by it.
(c) She will be disappointed by it.
(d) She will be enchanted by it.

9. Who does Innstetten schedule visits with for Effi to meet?
(a) His political colleagues.
(b) Members of the landed aristocracy.
(c) Their neighbors.
(d) Local church leaders.

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

11. Who lived in Effi's house before Innstetten?
(a) Captain Thomsen.
(b) A Chinese family.
(c) The Bachmeiers.
(d) The church pastor.

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

13. How long do Effi and her mother stay in Berlin?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Four days.
(c) Two days.
(d) One week.

14. When Effi awakes in her new home, what does she think she hears overhead?
(a) Dresses sweeping on the floor.
(b) Someone talking.
(c) Music playing.
(d) Rats.

15. Who is Christel?
(a) Innstetten's sister.
(b) Innstetten's cook.
(c) Innstetten's mother.
(d) Innstetten's former nanny.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the chemist say he has been too fearful to ever ask of a woman?

2. Who does Effi say will suffice for her husband?

3. To which regiment does Dagobert belong?

4. What does Effi's mother tell her that Innstetten's intentions are by visiting?

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

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