The Wall Jumper Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Peter Schneider (writer)
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 117 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Wall Jumper Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Peter Schneider (writer)
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 117 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 the woman with bulging eyeballs that meets with Pommerer support?

2. Instead of outsmarting the State, what did Biermann do that evoked criticism from his peers?

3. Whose existence do BRD politicians deny?

4. Where does the Narrator exit from the metro into East Berlin?

5. Who does the Narrator dream about when he takes his first visit to the DDR?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has television affected the culture of the two German societies?

2. How does the Narrator describe Kabe?

3. What do neighbors in the German countryside gather to discuss that the Narrator observes?

4. How does Kabe outwit both the East and West German governments?

5. How do Pommerer and the Narrator differ on their views regarding East and West Germany and change?

6. What do the artistic neighbors that the Narrator meets with Pommerer in the countryside say about the scientist and the state as compared to writers?

7. How does Schneider uses the analogy of lovers to explain the German lack of interest in reunification?

8. What is the evening of music that Pommerer and the Narrator take in at the Hall of Young Talent like?

9. Describe Berlin from the Narrator's point of view in the airplane.

10. How do the DDR and the Western television reflect bias when it comes to news reporting?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the significance of the novel's title. What did Schneider mean by calling the book "The Wall Jumper"? Cite an example to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Love and sexuality between the Narrator and Lena is a recurring theme. How does the Narrator's feelings about love change from the beginning of the novel to its end? In what ways has he expanded his awareness and beliefs? Is sexuality connected to love for the Narrator? How does his feelings for Lena develop and change and how does his relationship with her contrast with that of other women that he has had romantic feelings for or an idealized relationship with?

Essay Topic 3

In "The Wall Jumper", Schneider's German society shows a conscious selectivity about technology. What do you think of the technology that Gartenschläger tries to steal? Which aspects do you find more or less appealing? How is technology associated with power and rebellion?

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