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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. On the East German map, what is lacking in the West German side?
(a) Names.
(b) People.
(c) Streets.
(d) Trees.

4. What does a West Berlin court declare Bolle to be?
(a) A convicted felon.
(b) A parapalegic.
(c) A mass murderer.
(d) A lost, confused soul.

5. What do the travelers heading west look upon the other travelers as?
(a) Aliens.
(b) Friends.
(c) Zoo animals.
(d) Enemies.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Western and Stasi superiors differ according to Bolle?

2. When Bolle is allowed to travel back and forth through Germany and is not arrested for his espionage, what does he become?

3. Why do the Narrator and Robert have to leave the cafe near the Kurfürstendamm?

4. Who single-handedly fought against the DDR according to Robert?

5. What do BRD politicians emphasize regarding East and West Germany?

(see the answer key)

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