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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who considers themselves superior based on clothing, accessories and language?
(a) East Germans.
(b) Russians.
(c) West Germans.
(d) Americans.

3. Whose company does the Narrator enjoy until he dies at 70?
(a) A dancer.
(b) A violinist.
(c) A writer.
(d) A singer.

4. Who does the Narrator meet in Lena's family in East Berlin?
(a) Her mother and sister.
(b) Her father and sister.
(c) Her father and brother.
(d) Her mother and brother.

5. What did the Narrator and Pommerer argue about the Commission on Order and Security report?
(a) Whether it symbolized the power of their government.
(b) Whether it was sympathetic to their cause.
(c) Whether it was the same as that under Nazism.
(d) Whether it mandated suspicious activity.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what building does Lena find peace in that politics has not touched?

2. Who do the artists in the countryside that the Narrator meets criticize that lost the privilege of going abroad?

3. How many times has Kabe jumped the Wall?

4. What camps are the Eastern boys sent to?

5. What kinds of escape methods from the Wall became popular in the early 1960s?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Wolf Biermann, mentioned in Chapter 1, and how is he described?

2. How does the Narrator describe Kabe?

3. How does Kabe outwit both the East and West German governments?

4. What does the Wall symbolize to the West Germans?

5. Describe Berlin from the Narrator's point of view in the airplane.

6. What did the early 1960s see in Berlin in terms of escape methods in Berlin?

7. How is the difference in the importance of the Wall shown in Western and Eastern maps?

8. How does the Narrator describe Robert in Chapter 1?

9. What is the evening of music that Pommerer and the Narrator take in at the Hall of Young Talent like?

10. What do the artistic neighbors that the Narrator meets with Pommerer in the countryside say about the scientist and the state as compared to writers?

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