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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) Reactionaries.
(b) Workers.
(c) Imbeciles.
(d) Dancers.

2. Whose company does the Narrator enjoy until he dies at 70?
(a) A dancer.
(b) A writer.
(c) A singer.
(d) A violinist.

3. Instead of outsmarting the State, what did Biermann do that evoked criticism from his peers?
(a) Respect it.
(b) Accept it.
(c) Challenge it.
(d) Hide from it.

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

5. Why do the Eastern boys jump the Wall?
(a) To get food.
(b) To meet some girls.
(c) To go to school.
(d) To see a film.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the East German map, what is lacking in the West German side?

2. What is the enormous structure in the countryside that the Narrator notices standing out?

3. Who remains silent when Pommerer's friends and neighbors complain about censorship?

4. Whose existence do BRD politicians deny?

5. What kinds of escape methods from the Wall became popular in the early 1960s?

(see the answer key)

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