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

2. In West Germany, what does Bolle find that no one is willing to join him in doing?
(a) To destroy the Wall.
(b) To escape the Wall.
(c) To climb the Wall.
(d) To fortify the Wall.

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

4. After hearing Bolle's tale, whose story does Pommerer share with the Narrator in the bar?
(a) Jason's.
(b) Heine's.
(c) Walter's.
(d) Michael's.

5. When Bolle jumps the wall, what does he tell the DDR guards that he wants?
(a) To learn secrets.
(b) To return home.
(c) To fight with them.
(d) To give in.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Pommerer's family fear would rape them?

2. What must Bolle learn in the West to earn the right he forfeited earlier?

3. Where does the Narrator's aunt live?

4. At what age was Gartenschläger arrested for treason?

5. How long of a prison sentence does Bolle receive from a West Berlin court?

Short Essay Questions

1. What amazes the Narrator about his cousin's behavior in Dresden?

2. How do Robert and the Narrator differ in their view of news reports and their own role in it?

3. What is the difference in the experiences that Pommerer and the Narrator have in 1945 with the Russians and Americans respectively?

4. What does Robert think of the police's participation in the violence in town?

5. Describe the Narrator's first encounter with Frieda in his apartment building.

6. What are Lena's relationships with men prior to meeting the Narrator?

7. What does the man who approaches Pommerer in the bar tell him about Butterfly?

8. Why does Gartenschläger attempt to get a self-triggering robot?

9. What are some decadent pleasures that the Narrator enjoys in West Berlin?

10. When the leather-bound storyteller is found to have graffiti, how does he extricate himself from the clutches of the DDR?

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