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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the neighbors of Pommerer's friends in the countryside gather to discuss?
(a) Politics and the environment.
(b) Art and literature.
(c) Guests and strangers.
(d) Food and cooking.

2. What is the cordoned off section belonging to Hitler that people on both sides of the Wall stare at through binoculars?
(a) Biermann.
(b) Fuhrenbunker.
(c) Listadt.
(d) Hallstadt.

3. What structure zigzags through the city of Berlin?
(a) The helicopter pad.
(b) The Russian embassy.
(c) The Wall.
(d) The airport.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes the arrest of the Eastern boys?

2. When the Narrator arrives home at midnight, who is he surprised to see working at window level in his building?

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

4. What does the Narrator travel into East Berlin on?

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

(see the answer key)

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