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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who did Pommerer's family fear would rape them?
(a) The Americans.
(b) The Italians.
(c) The Germans.
(d) The Russians.

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

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

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

6. At what age was Gartenschläger arrested for treason?
(a) 15.
(b) 19.
(c) 17.
(d) 16.

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

8. Who is the stranger that comes to talk to Pommerer in the bar and buys a round of drinks?
(a) A shipping clerk.
(b) A policeman.
(c) A DDR spy.
(d) A BRD official.

9. When Bolle is allowed to travel back and forth through Germany and is not arrested for his espionage, what does he become?
(a) A cop.
(b) A preacher.
(c) A double agent.
(d) An officer.

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

11. What did Pommerer's father leave for him for protection?
(a) A servant.
(b) A knife.
(c) A pistol.
(d) A tank.

12. What position did Bolle have in the south that he tired of?
(a) A blacksmith.
(b) A gunsmith.
(c) A metal worker.
(d) A lawyer.

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

14. What is Gartenschläger arrested for stealing?
(a) A jacket.
(b) A gun.
(c) A diamond.
(d) A robot.

15. Who arrives to distribute food and supplies in 1945 where the Narrator resides?
(a) The Italians.
(b) The Americans.
(c) The Russians.
(d) The Germans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bolle join when he cannot find anywhere to serve after leaving the south?

2. What is being torn down in the Narrator's neighborhood via urban renovation?

3. What did the Narrator's uncle do for a living before he died?

4. What does Robert think is a fairy tale for those who choose to not know better?

5. What do the masked people use to break the glass of storefronts near the Kurfürstendamm?

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