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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What relations did Kabe strain through his act of jumping the Wall?
(a) English-German.
(b) German-German.
(c) French-German.
(d) Russian-German.

2. From what direction does Kabe jump the Wall?
(a) South.
(b) West.
(c) North.
(d) East.

3. What does Wolf Biermann do for a living?
(a) Write.
(b) Teach.
(c) Sing.
(d) Dance.

4. Which is NOT an escape method used by people trying to jump the Wall in the early 1960s?
(a) Raking.
(b) Scuba diving.
(c) Ballooning.
(d) Vaulting.

5. What is the name of the Eastern boy that Pommerer tells a story about jumping the Wall?
(a) Lena.
(b) Robert.
(c) Willy.
(d) Lutz.

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

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

8. Who owns the building in which the Narrator lives?
(a) Gentry.
(b) Writers.
(c) Violinists.
(d) Police.

9. What is the name of the Eastern boys' friend that joins them in jumping the Wall?
(a) Lutz.
(b) Robert.
(c) Willy.
(d) Nelson.

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

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

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

13. What area does not have land mines according to Pommerer?
(a) Center City.
(b) Russian underground.
(c) Soviet Union.
(d) K2 mountain top.

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

15. What pain do West Germans no longer feel strongly?
(a) Separation.
(b) Birth.
(c) Unification.
(d) Death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Eastern and Western broadcasts emphasize?

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

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

4. Where does the Narrator exit from the metro into East Berlin?

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

(see the answer keys)

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