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

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

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

4. Why does Crampas say Heine is his favorite poet?
(a) Heine is the only poet he knows of.
(b) Heine is a personal friend of his.
(c) Heine's poems make the most sense to him.
(d) Heine understands love.

5. Effi is invited to a reception in honor of whom?
(a) Gieshübler.
(b) Innstetten.
(c) Major Crampas.
(d) Marietta Trippelli.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is characteristic of the elegantly dressed man that Effi sees stroll by her?

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

3. At which inn do the Innstettens enjoy lunch?

4. What does Innstetten NOT do with Effi, which displeases her father?

5. When Effi awakes in her new home, why is Innstetten waiting for her?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Effi Briest described?

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

3. As she studies the surroundings of her new home, who does Effi see stroll past?

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

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

6. Who are Innstetten's domestic servants?

7. What do Effi and her father discuss about Rollo when she returns to Hohen-Cremmen for a visit?

8. How do the Niemeyers respond to news of Effi's engagement?

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

10. What does Effi believe she sees in the night when Innstetten is away at Varzin?

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