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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. Where does the Narrator exit from the metro into East Berlin?
(a) Pommerltrasse.
(b) Friedrichstrasse.
(c) Berchelstrasse.
(d) Vidleshcstrasse.

2. Where does the Narrator meet his friend from East Berlin to play pinball?
(a) Charlie's.
(b) Gerhard's.
(c) Robert's.
(d) Schlater's.

3. What do Western publicity folk strive to avoid according to the Narrator?
(a) Self-doubt.
(b) Self-praise.
(c) Self-criticism.
(d) Self-loathing.

4. What does Wolf Biermann do for a living?
(a) Teach.
(b) Sing.
(c) Write.
(d) Dance.

5. On the East German map, what is lacking in the West German side?
(a) People.
(b) Trees.
(c) Names.
(d) Streets.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Narrator takes a cab from the station, what does the driver make fun of regarding the West?

2. Who does the Narrator meet in East Berlin that is forbidden to publish?

3. Why do the Eastern boys jump the Wall?

4. What is the UN resolution on the evening news about that the Narrator watches on television?

5. What do BRD politicians emphasize regarding East and West Germany?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Schneider uses the analogy of lovers to explain the German lack of interest in reunification?

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

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

4. How does the Narrator describe Kabe?

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

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

7. What do neighbors in the German countryside gather to discuss that the Narrator observes?

8. How does the Narrator describe Gerhard Schlater?

9. How do the DDR and the Western television reflect bias when it comes to news reporting?

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

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