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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What month is Effi's baby due to be delivered in?
(a) March.
(b) September.
(c) December.
(d) July.

2. What complaint does Effi have about her house, which will be relevant after the birth of her child?
(a) It is too cold for a baby to stay in.
(b) It is too far for her loved ones to travel to.
(c) It is haunted by a ghost which might hurt the baby.
(d) It is too small to have visitors.

3. Preparations for which holiday begin in Chapter 12?
(a) Epiphany.
(b) Easter.
(c) St. Swithin's Day.
(d) Christmas.

4. What do Effi and her friends give a sea burial?
(a) Gooseberry skins.
(b) A dead tadpole.
(c) Apple skins.
(d) Dried leaves.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What complaint does Roswitha have about her ex-mistress?

2. In which month is the district commandant replaced?

3. To which regiment does Dagobert belong?

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

5. Who is Christel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are Innstetten's domestic servants?

2. Where does Effi intend to go after her baby is born?

3. How is Effi Briest described?

4. How is Baron Geert von Innstetten acquainted with the Briest family?

5. What does Innstetten warn Effi about Gieshübler before he leaves for work?

6. How does Effi say Innstetten treats her while they are on their honeymoon?

7. What makes Effi feel better after seeing a ghost in her home?

8. What does Effi's sea burial for the gooseberry skins remind her of?

9. What does Effi think of when she sees Innstetten in his office?

10. Who does Effi's mother joke that Effi is in love with, and why?

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