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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 Innstetten want to be able to hear from his new home?

2. After returning to her parents' home, what illness does Effi catch in late summer?

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

4. What happens after Effi reads the registered letter?

5. At dinner in Uvagla, who offers a toast to the forester?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who does Effi coincidentally see on the horse tram, and what does she become inspired to do?

5. Why do Effi and Innstetten go to Uvagla?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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