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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. What are the two bars in the Narrator's building?
(a) German and Bolivian.
(b) English and French.
(c) Austrian and Prussian.
(d) Russian and German.

2. In what building does Lena find peace in that politics has not touched?
(a) A courthouse.
(b) A generations-old family house.
(c) A broken down villa.
(d) An old stately mansion.

3. What do the banners that the Narrator sees in the countryside say about the Soviets?
(a) Fight them.
(b) Love them.
(c) Ignore them.
(d) Hate them.

4. In the Narrator's dream, what does he fall overboard from?
(a) A plane.
(b) A boat.
(c) A helicopter.
(d) A car.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What covers the land six miles out of Berlin that the Narrator notices before they see greenery?

2. What does the Narrator travel into East Berlin on?

3. How many friends does Lena have that dress differently than others in West Germany?

4. Who do neighbors shun in favor of those who struggle against publishers and the party?

5. When the Narrator moves to Berlin, what has just gone up?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Pommerer and the Narrator differ on their views regarding East and West Germany and change?

2. How did Lena's family treat her when she visited with the Narrator in East Berlin?

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

4. What does the Narrator notice about Soviet propaganda compared to that of the West while traveling with Pommerer?

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

6. How has television affected the culture of the two German societies?

7. What is the story that Pommerer tells the Narrator about the Willy boys and their friend Lutz concerning the Wall?

8. What are the Narrator's neighbors in Berlin like?

9. What does the woman with bulging eyeballs who visits Pommerer have to say about solidarity?

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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