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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After hearing Bolle's tale, whose story does Pommerer share with the Narrator in the bar?
(a) Heine's.
(b) Walter's.
(c) Jason's.
(d) Michael's.

2. Instead of raping, what do the foreigners that visit where the Narrator lives in 1945, do instead?
(a) Have love affairs.
(b) Buy homes.
(c) Burn effigies.
(d) Fight indiscriminately.

3. When Bolle jumps the wall, what does he tell the DDR guards that he wants?
(a) To fight with them.
(b) To return home.
(c) To give in.
(d) To learn secrets.

4. In West Germany, what does Bolle find that no one is willing to join him in doing?
(a) To escape the Wall.
(b) To fortify the Wall.
(c) To destroy the Wall.
(d) To climb the Wall.

5. Who single-handedly fought against the DDR according to Robert?
(a) Marlow.
(b) Walter.
(c) Jones.
(d) Robert.

6. Over what philosopher do Robert and the Narrator argue that brings them almost to blows?
(a) Hegel.
(b) Kant.
(c) Dostoevsky.
(d) Chekhov.

7. What is an indulgent pleasure that the Narrator likes to do in West Berlin?
(a) Drink beer.
(b) Eat hamburgers.
(c) Drive fast.
(d) Have chocolate.

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

9. What does Pommerer learn from the foreigners in 1945?
(a) "Go away!"
(b) "Peace please!"
(c) "Have you chewing gum?"
(d) "Ami, go home."

10. What does the DDR employ along the border that Gartenschläger wants to have?
(a) Guard bullets.
(b) Self-triggering robots.
(c) Invisible mines.
(d) Invisible fence.

11. What is everything in the DDR about?
(a) Ownership.
(b) Authorization.
(c) Laziness.
(d) Purpose.

12. What does Bolle erect to preach war against the Wall?
(a) A satellite dish.
(b) A substation.
(c) A TV antenna.
(d) A radio transmitter.

13. Where did Lena grow up?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Leningrad.
(c) Corsica.
(d) Mecklenburg.

14. Why do the Narrator and Robert have to leave the cafe near the Kurfürstendamm?
(a) Violence is breaking out.
(b) Demonstrations are beginning.
(c) Paranoia is building up.
(d) Alarms are going off.

15. Who hires Bolle as a full-time agent after he presents photographs and data from the BRD?
(a) Stasi.
(b) Americans.
(c) Kreuzberg.
(d) Soviets.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Bolle spend 7 years in prison?

2. What does the stranger that buys Pommerer drinks want Pommerer to join?

3. To whom does Bolle return after double crossing both the BRD and DDR?

4. Where does Bolle erect his device to preach war against the Wall?

5. When was Bolle ransomed by the BRD?

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