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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On maps, what does the Narrator notice is missing in West Berlin?
(a) Latitudes.
(b) Streets.
(c) Names.
(d) Rules.

2. Where do Pommerer and the Narrator go to watch jazz?
(a) Hall of Young Talent.
(b) Underground railroad.
(c) Getty museum.
(d) Friedrichstrasse station.

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

4. What do Eastern and Western broadcasts emphasize?
(a) Polar opposites.
(b) Similarities.
(c) Strengths.
(d) Weaknesses.

5. Who does the Narrator dream about when he takes his first visit to the DDR?
(a) Robert.
(b) Kabe.
(c) Lena.
(d) James.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do the artists in the countryside that the Narrator meets criticize that lost the privilege of going abroad?

2. What does the Narrator consider easier to understand than Berlin?

3. Where was Kabe sent because he jumped the Wall?

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

5. In what building does Lena find peace in that politics has not touched?

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