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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pommerer claim that the West is controlled by?
(a) Workers.
(b) Reactionaries.
(c) Imbeciles.
(d) Dancers.

2. In what building does Lena find peace in that politics has not touched?
(a) A courthouse.
(b) A broken down villa.
(c) An old stately mansion.
(d) A generations-old family house.

3. Where does the Narrator meet his friend from East Berlin to play pinball?
(a) Charlie's.
(b) Schlater's.
(c) Gerhard's.
(d) Robert's.

4. What does the Narrator notice has been removed from all the vehicles in the West?
(a) LB insignia.
(b) AC insignia.
(c) VW insignia.
(d) FD insignia.

5. Who owns the building in which the Narrator lives?
(a) Gentry.
(b) Police.
(c) Violinists.
(d) Writers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the two bars in the Narrator's building?

2. Whose company does the Narrator enjoy until he dies at 70?

3. What is the remarkable difference between West and East-bound travelers at the Schonefield airport?

4. After 30 years, what rules are significantly differently in the way people act in West and East Berlin?

5. Who fail to curse the uncomfortable shuttle bus after landing at the Schonefield airport?

(see the answer key)

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