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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Effi recall used to happen to adulterous women?
(a) They were outcast.
(b) They were stoned.
(c) They were drowned.
(d) They were imprisoned.

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

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

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

5. What is Innstetten's full name?
(a) Baron Armin von Innstetten.
(b) Baron Geert von Innstetten.
(c) Baron Dierk von Innstetten.
(d) Baron Hanke von Innstetten.

6. 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.

7. What does the chemist say he has been too fearful to ever ask of a woman?
(a) To dance.
(b) To go riding.
(c) To take a stroll.
(d) To marry.

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

9. What does Innstetten NOT do with Effi, which displeases her father?
(a) Stroll with her.
(b) Exchange letters.
(c) Introduce her to society.
(d) Consult with her on running the household.

10. What does Effi send to Innstetten in response to his letters?
(a) Pressed flowers.
(b) Poems.
(c) Drawings.
(d) Trivia questions.

11. To which regiment does Dagobert belong?
(a) The Alexander Regiment.
(b) The von Katzler Regiment.
(c) The König Wilhelm Regiment.
(d) The von Schmidt Regiment.

12. In what month does Effi return to Kessin from her parents' home?
(a) September.
(b) June.
(c) December.
(d) March.

13. What does Effi's father imagine Innstetten will drag his daughter to see?
(a) Art collections.
(b) Horse races.
(c) Ancient ruins.
(d) Operas.

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

15. What does Innstetten suggest that he and Effi do before going to the reception that Gieshübler invited them to?
(a) Take a walk.
(b) Have a light dinner.
(c) Take a sleigh ride.
(d) Attend church.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which event does Effi invite Dagobert?

2. What does Effi's father think of the purchases she made in Berlin?

3. What kind of train do Effi and Innstetten take to Berlin?

4. What does Effi think Innstetten looks like when she goes to visit him in his office in Chapter 6?

5. What expression does Effi make when she reads Innstetten's letter in Chapter 4?

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