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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. In Chapter 34, who writes to Effi's parents to say she should be with them?

2. Who offers help after Effi is abandoned by her husband and parents?

3. What illness does Effi believe she is suffering when she is bedridden in Berlin?

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

5. What does Crampas tell Effi might happen while they are in Uvagla?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Effi reminded of Crampas while on vacation with Innstetten?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does the postman deliver to Effi when she is staying in Ems?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

How does the adulterous relationship between Effi and Crampas affect them and those around them? What happens to Effi's life after Innstetten finds out about the affair?

Essay Topic 3

"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?

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