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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. Who does Roswitha accuse Johanna of being in love with in Chapter 29?

2. While staying in Ems, what does Effi notice suddenly stops?

3. Where does Innstetten consider going because he believes people there are unconstrained by culture and honor?

4. For which ailment does Effi's doctor recommend time away from Berlin in order to cure?

5. What play does Crampas produce in Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the poem, "God's Wall", which Effi knows from childhood.

2. What upsets Effi about Annie's behavior?

3. In Chapter 18, what does Crampas decide to produce?

4. Why doesn't Effi travel to Switzerland or Menton when she is ill, even though the doctor recommends it?

5. What does Wüllersdorf say Innstetten should resign himself to?

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

7. Who does Effi stay with when she goes house-hunting in Berlin?

8. What happens after the party traveling from Uvagla crosses the schloon?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"Effi Briest" is an example of literary realism. What is literary realism and what are its characteristics? What makes "Effi Briest" an example of literary realism? Are there any elements of the novel which are not elements of literary realism? If so, why did Fontane choose to write the story in the way he did?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the recurring motif of youth in the novel "Effi Briest". How does Fontane explore the theme and how does he portray it?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Fontane's use of foreshadowing in the novel "Effi Breist".

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