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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who do neighbors shun in favor of those who struggle against publishers and the party?
(a) Successful designers.
(b) Successful scientists.
(c) Successful poets.
(d) Successful writers.

2. What do the banners that the Narrator sees in the countryside exhort people to do?
(a) Shoot together.
(b) Pull together.
(c) Pull apart.
(d) Fight together.

3. When the Narrator moves to Berlin, what has just gone up?
(a) The Opera.
(b) The Wall.
(c) The Flag.
(d) The currency.

4. Who rarely meet outside the Narrator's building but can be distinguished by noise?
(a) Tenants.
(b) Singers.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Cats.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the Narrator meet his friend from East Berlin to play pinball?

2. Who considers themselves superior based on clothing, accessories and language?

3. What did the Narrator and Pommerer argue about the Commission on Order and Security report?

4. What does Wolf Biermann do for a living?

5. What area does not have land mines according to Pommerer?

(see the answer key)

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