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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. Where does Johanna tell Roswitha to look for Effi's long bandage?

2. What part of Annie's education does Johanna take charge of?

3. What happens after Effi reads the registered letter?

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

5. What play does Crampas produce in Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Effi feel about Innstetten at the time of her death?

2. What does Innstetten feel after learning of Effi's affair?

3. In Chapter 34, who recommends that Effi go back to Hohen-Cremmen?

4. Who helps Effi after her husband and family abandon her?

5. After seven years in Berlin, why does Effi's doctor recommend that she leave the city for six weeks?

6. What does Roswitha write to Innstetten to request?

7. How has Innstetten looked differently at life since the duel?

8. Why is Innstetten happier in Berlin than in Kessin?

9. Why is Effi's return trip to Kessin from Berlin postponed?

10. What does Innstetten ask of Wüllersdorf in Chapter 28?

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

Describe the relationship between Effi and Innstetten. Why do they marry, and is their marriage a happy one? Why or why not? How does Innstetten treat Effi? What does he feel for her? How does Effi feel about Innstetten? How does their marriage end?

Essay Topic 3

"Effi Briest" is based on a true story. How does the real story differ from the fictional retelling? Why might Fontane have made these changes?

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