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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Upon Jeremy's return to the hotel after his walk to the dolmen, what does he overhear in the kitchen?
(a) A drunken brawl.
(b) The owners arguing over him.
(c) Talk of the lack of food for the evening's dinner.
(d) A love spat between a husband and wife.

2. Who calls Jeremy late at night to give him news of Berlin?
(a) Harper.
(b) Bernard.
(c) Sally.
(d) Jenny.

3. Bernard accuses June of having left the Party years before he did, but for a different reason. What was her reason, according to Bernard?
(a) She converted to Stalinism.
(b) June saw a tragic flaw in Communism and became an atheist.
(c) June wanted to trade that utopian ideal for another.
(d) June wanted to be as different from Bernard as she could be.

4. When Jeremy, in Part Two, tells Bernard what June spoke about in a personal way about the two of them, how does Bernard react?
(a) He is angry and says she got an important detail wrong.
(b) He laughs and says it was just like her to say that.
(c) He begins to cry.
(d) He turns on his heel and leaves Jeremy without a word.

5. When Jeremy speaks to the father eating dinner in the hotel, what grammatical error does he make?
(a) He leaves verbs out of his sentence.
(b) He speaks in the familiar rather than the more formal way.
(c) He calls the man a woman.
(d) He says "my" instead of "your" jaw.

6. What are Jeremy and Bernard walking towards in Part Two to get to a better section of the Wall?
(a) Towards the media trucks.
(b) The East Berlin police headquarters.
(c) Checkpoint Charlie.
(d) The Brandenburg Gate.

7. Where did Jeremy and Jenny first meet?
(a) In Brussels.
(b) In England.
(c) In Poland.
(d) In France.

8. When a group of teenagers surround Bernard, what does he tell them?
(a) To take off and leave.
(b) To explain their tatoos.
(c) To take pity on him.
(d) To march with the crowd.

9. When Jeremy asks Bernard if he wants to sit and rest for a while as they make their way to a cafe, why does Bernard leave his side?
(a) To make a speech about Communism's fall to small crowd.
(b) To chat with the American soldiers.
(c) To hurry towards the cafe on his own.
(d) To go towards a man with a Communist flag who is holding up traffic.

10. What does Jeremy ask Bernard when he speaks of June and Bernard's love for one another?
(a) How could you waste so much time?
(b) How many other lovers did you have?
(c) Why would you never get a divorce and end it?
(d) Did you know Jenny hated you both?

11. Where do Jeremy and the father in the hotel restaurant go after speaking?
(a) Upstairs.
(b) Back to their tables.
(c) To the kitchen.
(d) Outside.

12. When Jeremy tries to get some words in edgewise during the conversation he is overhearing, what do the voices do?
(a) They stop completely.
(b) There is violent yelling.
(c) They are silent for a few moments.
(d) They completely ignore him.

13. What does Mme. Auriac give to Jeremy while waiting for the police to arrive?
(a) His dessert.
(b) A cognac.
(c) A kiss on the cheek.
(d) Ice cream.

14. What time of day does Jeremy return to the bergerie?
(a) Noon.
(b) Mid-afternoon.
(c) Early morning.
(d) Midnight.

15. Why does Bernard stare at girls on the street?
(a) He is looking for a trace of the old June.
(b) He is attracted to beautiful young women.
(c) He thinks of his daughter, Jenny.
(d) He wonders if they could be converted to the Party.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jeremy do with the father who had been eating dinner with his family?

2. What did the sign posted outside of Majdanek's main entrance not mention?

3. What were Bernard's feelings about June's commitment to the Communist Party after the incident with the insect in Part Two?

4. How does Bernard react to Jeremy's knowledge of where they had met the women who helped Bernard get to a taxi?

5. Why is Part Two titled, "Berlin"?

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