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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Robert think is a fairy tale for those who choose to not know better?
(a) Demonstrations.
(b) Visions.
(c) Spontaneity.
(d) Free choice.

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

3. 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 woman with a chicken.
(d) A drunkard.

4. When Biermann is exiled, what do his supporters in East Berlin fear?
(a) A change in power.
(b) A ritual of control.
(c) A lack of spontaneity.
(d) A ransom.

5. Who is the co-worker that was found to have Western currency in his apartment and later is declared to be insane?
(a) Pommerer.
(b) Gartenschläger.
(c) Bolle.
(d) Butterfly.

6. Where are strikes occurring that the Narrator watches on television with Pommerer?
(a) Poland.
(b) Greece.
(c) Russia.
(d) Germany.

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

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

9. 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 BRD official.
(c) A policeman.
(d) A DDR spy.

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

11. What does Pommerer fear that his phone troubles are linked to?
(a) His participation in a protest.
(b) His support of a scientist.
(c) His exile from work.
(d) His fear of death.

12. What does Bolle push to radicalize that protests the Wall?
(a) A West Berlin court.
(b) An ad hoc committee.
(c) A Stasi official meeting.
(d) A Kreuzberg gathering.

13. 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.

14. Where does the Narrator's aunt live?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Dresden.
(c) Bonn.
(d) Denmark.

15. To whom does Bolle intend to betray the DDR officials?
(a) Italian mafia.
(b) Soviet KGB.
(c) Greek police.
(d) US authorities.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Bolle ransomed by the BRD?

2. Where did Lena grow up?

3. What is the subject of the documentary that the Narrator watches with Pommerer?

4. Instead of raping, what do the foreigners that visit where the Narrator lives in 1945, do instead?

5. Who arrives to distribute food and supplies in 1945 where the Narrator resides?

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