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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Effi's father suggest that makes her mother call him "incorrigible"?

2. After they have married, what of Effi does her father say that Innstetten will NOT be able to cope with?

3. Where do Crampas, Innstetten and Effi often go riding horses?

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

5. What does Innstetten suggest might happen if Gieshübler feels self-conscious?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who are Effi's childhood friends?

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

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

6. What do the aristocrats who meet Effi have to say about her?

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

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

9. Why does Crampas think Innstetten tells ghost stories?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif of the supernatural in the novel "Effi Briest". What elements of the supernatural are found in the story, and what purpose do they serve? What does the Chinaman ghost represent?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Effi's loneliness during her marriage to Innstetten. What causes her loneliness? Is Innstetten to blame for her loneliness? Why or why not? Does Effi's loneliness excuse her affair with Crampas? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Fontane's use of allegory in the novel "Effi Briest".

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