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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. For how much money was Gartenschläger ransomed by the BRD?
(a) 20,000.
(b) 45,000.
(c) 15,000.
(d) 23,000.

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

4. What does Bolle join when he cannot find anywhere to serve after leaving the south?
(a) DDR.
(b) French Foreign Legion.
(c) BRD.
(d) West German Defense.

5. When is the best time to cross the border at Heinrich Heine Strasse?
(a) 10 to 12.
(b) 3 to 5.
(c) 2 to 4.
(d) 12 to 2.

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

7. When Bolle offered his services to the US Army for counterintelligence, what happened?
(a) He was captured.
(b) He became a double agent.
(c) They turned him down.
(d) He became a spy.

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

9. Who is the only traveler at the checkpoint that the Narrator sees by the border at Heinrich Heine Strasse?
(a) A priest.
(b) A man with a dog.
(c) A drunkard.
(d) A woman with a chicken.

10. How do the Western and Stasi superiors differ according to Bolle?
(a) Their dental work and wristwatches.
(b) Their stations and power.
(c) Their decor and makeup.
(d) Their guns and bullets.

11. What has taken too long to finish according to Pommerer in East Berlin that makes him angry?
(a) Reunification.
(b) Partition.
(c) Reconstruction.
(d) Fighting.

12. Who seduces Lena but abandons her?
(a) A Russian priest.
(b) A Red Army pilot.
(c) An Italian writer.
(d) A Soviet count.

13. Where is Gartenschläger killed?
(a) Bonn.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Buchen.
(d) Berne.

14. Where is Bolle stationed that he learns skills in sabotage?
(a) Croatia.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Corsica.
(d) Dominican Republic.

15. What is Robert's defense against worry?
(a) Fight your opponent.
(b) Pretend it did not happen.
(c) Show no surprise.
(d) Have a routine.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much was Bolle ransomed for by the BRD?

2. Who hires Bolle as a full-time agent after he presents photographs and data from the BRD?

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

4. Who is the Narrator's aunt?

5. Who does the Narrator see in a long gown in his apartment building?

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