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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 is replaced by Effi's gravestone?

2. Why don't Cristel and Friedrich move to Berlin?

3. What does Wüllersdorf say Innstetten should resign himself over to like everyone else?

4. What sort of lessons does Effi sign up for with an elderly teacher?

5. What does Effi talk about with Jahnke when she visits?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is found one day after Annie cuts her head?

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

3. Why do Effi and Innstetten go to Uvagla?

4. What does Roswitha write to Innstetten to request?

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

6. How does Effi say good-bye to Gieshübler?

7. Why does Innstetten say he must duel with Crampas?

8. What do Effi's acquaintances in Berlin often swap anecdotes about?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the affair between Effi and Major Crampas. How does it come about? Why does Effi commit adultery? How does Effi feel about Crampas? How does Crampas feel about Effi? How does the affair end?

Essay Topic 3

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

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