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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who do the artists in the countryside that the Narrator meets criticize that lost the privilege of going abroad?
(a) A teacher.
(b) An intellectual.
(c) A scientist.
(d) A writer.

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

3. What does the Narrator travel into East Berlin on?
(a) S-Bahn.
(b) N-Bahn.
(c) U-Bahn.
(d) G-Bahn.

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

5. Who considers themselves superior based on clothing, accessories and language?
(a) Americans.
(b) East Germans.
(c) Russians.
(d) West Germans.

6. What is vandalized consistently outside the Narrator's building?
(a) Gardens.
(b) Houses.
(c) Cars.
(d) Trucks.

7. What is the remarkable difference between West and East-bound travelers at the Schonefield airport?
(a) Expression and clothing.
(b) Noise and serenity.
(c) Hairstyle and practice.
(d) Singing and dancing.

8. What did the Narrator and Pommerer argue about the Commission on Order and Security report?
(a) Whether it was the same as that under Nazism.
(b) Whether it symbolized the power of their government.
(c) Whether it mandated suspicious activity.
(d) Whether it was sympathetic to their cause.

9. What did Kabe claim was too quiet not to jump?
(a) His life.
(b) His neighborhood.
(c) His dreams.
(d) His friend's death.

10. What kinds of escape methods from the Wall became popular in the early 1960s?
(a) Tightrope walking.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Fighting.
(d) Drugging guards.

11. Where does the Narrator exit from the metro into East Berlin?
(a) Vidleshcstrasse.
(b) Pommerltrasse.
(c) Berchelstrasse.
(d) Friedrichstrasse.

12. What does Pommerer claim that the West is controlled by?
(a) Reactionaries.
(b) Workers.
(c) Imbeciles.
(d) Dancers.

13. What do BRD politicians emphasize regarding East and West Germany?
(a) Separation.
(b) Alienation.
(c) War.
(d) Reunification.

14. Who remains silent when Pommerer's friends and neighbors complain about censorship?
(a) The Narrator.
(b) Pommerer.
(c) Lena.
(d) Robert.

15. On his first visit to the wall, what does the Narrator watch?
(a) Singing wrestlers.
(b) Fighting monkeys.
(c) Bus loads of visitors.
(d) Dancing troupes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the travelers heading west look upon the other travelers as?

2. How does Kabe fool his government?

3. When the Narrator takes a cab from the station, what does the driver make fun of regarding the West?

4. What does the Narrator notice has been removed from all the vehicles in the West?

5. Where do Pommerer and the Narrator go to watch jazz?

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