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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Instead of raping, what do the foreigners that visit where the Narrator lives in 1945, do instead?
(a) Fight indiscriminately.
(b) Burn effigies.
(c) Buy homes.
(d) Have love affairs.

2. At what age was Gartenschläger arrested for treason?
(a) 19.
(b) 15.
(c) 16.
(d) 17.

3. When Biermann is exiled, what do his supporters in East Berlin fear?
(a) A ransom.
(b) A change in power.
(c) A ritual of control.
(d) A lack of spontaneity.

4. Who arrives to distribute food and supplies in 1945 where the Narrator resides?
(a) The Americans.
(b) The Russians.
(c) The Germans.
(d) The Italians.

5. Who is Esther deciding between to have sex with that she tells the Narrator about?
(a) Bolle and Robert.
(b) Robert and Frieda.
(c) Loch and Walter.
(d) Marlow and Bill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Pommerer's father leave for him for protection?

2. What does Pommerer believe that East Germans have more of than West Germans?

3. Who seduces Lena but abandons her?

4. Where is Gartenschläger killed?

5. Who single-handedly fought against the DDR according to Robert?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Narrator's first encounter with Frieda in his apartment building.

2. How do Robert and the Narrator differ in their view of news reports and their own role in it?

3. What is the similarity in the news reporting of the strike in Poland that both Pommerer and the Narrator observe?

4. What first attracts the Narrator to Lena?

5. What is the difference in the experiences that Pommerer and the Narrator have in 1945 with the Russians and Americans respectively?

6. How does Bolle end up in the French legion in Corsica?

7. What does the man who approaches Pommerer in the bar tell him about Butterfly?

8. How is Gartenschläger caught and killed?

9. What is Bolle's ultimate fate after he double crosses both intelligence sides?

10. How do Pommerer and the Narrator differ on their views of East and West German workers?

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