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

2. Who is Dagobert?
(a) Effi's cousin.
(b) Innstetten's brother.
(c) The Briests' butler.
(d) Effi's childhood friend.

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

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

5. Which of the following descriptions is NOT used to describe Effi?
(a) Sensible.
(b) Graceful.
(c) Kind.
(d) Comedic.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month does Effi return to Kessin from her parents' home?

2. What is the surname of Bertha and Hertha?

3. Who is the elegantly dressed man that strolls by Effi?

4. How does Innstetten think Effi will feel about the town she has just moved to?

5. Which of her relatives does Effi want to avoid in Berlin?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are Innstetten's domestic servants?

2. What is said must accompany love for Effi's sake?

3. What does Effi think she hears overhead when she awakes in Kessin for the first time?

4. What change does Innstetten see in Effi after she gives birth?

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

6. Who are Effi's childhood friends?

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

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

9. What does Effi observe in the surroundings of her new home?

10. What does Effi's father think will be a problem in his daughter's marriage?

(see the answer keys)

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