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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before going to Berlin, what does Effi visit the chemist's to buy?
(a) Perfume.
(b) Soap.
(c) Baby powder.
(d) Smelling salts.

2. How long does it take Effi to recover from her illness once she returns to Hohen-Cremmen?
(a) One year.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Six months.
(d) One month.

3. Who are the Gizickis?
(a) Innstetten's boss' family.
(b) The owners of Berlin's newspaper.
(c) The Innstettens' upstairs neighbors.
(d) The Briests' family friends.

4. Who is Wüllersdorf?
(a) Roswitha's secret lover.
(b) The Innstettens' neighbor.
(c) Annie's school teacher.
(d) Innstetten's colleague at the ministry.

5. What do Effi and her mother think of the apartment they see in Keithstrasse?
(a) It is perfect.
(b) It is a health risk.
(c) It is dilapidated.
(d) It is too small.

6. What is replaced by Effi's gravestone?
(a) A statue.
(b) A birdbath.
(c) A bench.
(d) A sundial.

7. What does Effi dislike about the preacher at Christuskirche across the street from her flat?
(a) She doesn't think he is pious enough.
(b) He dwells on the Old Testament.
(c) She can tell he judges her for her actions in the past.
(d) She has seen him leer at women.

8. Why does Effi's mother suggest she stay in Berlin?
(a) It will be easy to find work there.
(b) Her daughter is there.
(c) She has no memories of Crampas there.
(d) Scandals are common there.

9. What mode of transportation does the Innstetten party take from Kessin?
(a) A sailing ship.
(b) A train.
(c) A yacht.
(d) A carriage.

10. After the duel, who deals with the authorities on Innstetten's behalf?
(a) Innstetten himself.
(b) Wüllersdorf.
(c) Crampas.
(d) Effi's father.

11. Where does Johanna tell Roswitha to look for Effi's long bandage?
(a) A dresser drawer.
(b) A sewing table.
(c) The bathroom cabinet.
(d) A china cabinet.

12. Where did Roswitha give birth to a child?
(a) In a church.
(b) In a basement.
(c) In a barn.
(d) In a clinic.

13. What is Effi's mother seeing a doctor about in Berlin?
(a) Her back.
(b) Her eyes.
(c) A chest infection.
(d) Her hearing.

14. To what position is Innstetten appointed in Chapter 35?
(a) Member of Parliament.
(b) Chancellor.
(c) Permanent Secretary.
(d) Minister.

15. Where does Effi live upon returning to Berlin from Ems?
(a) A rooming house.
(b) With her parents.
(c) At a hotel.
(d) With Innstetten.

Short Answer Questions

1. What month is it when Innstetten travels to have a duel with Crampas?

2. In May, when Effi becomes ill at Hohen-Cremmen, where does her mother want to take her to convalesce?

3. When does Innstetten begin his new job at the ministry?

4. After moving back to Hohen-Cremmen, where does Effi enjoy walking with Pastor Niemeyer?

5. After the duel with Crampas, what consititutes a good day for Innstetten?

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