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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 does Gartenschläger sell his stolen item to a news magazine for?
(a) 12,000 DM.
(b) 14,000 DM.
(c) 15,000 DM.
(d) 18,000 DM.

2. What does Bolle join when he cannot find anywhere to serve after leaving the south?
(a) BRD.
(b) DDR.
(c) West German Defense.
(d) French Foreign Legion.

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

4. How do the Western and Stasi superiors differ according to Bolle?
(a) Their guns and bullets.
(b) Their dental work and wristwatches.
(c) Their stations and power.
(d) Their decor and makeup.

5. Where does Gartenschläger have difficulty living?
(a) Hamburg.
(b) Vienna.
(c) Bonn.
(d) Berlin.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Bolle return after double crossing both the BRD and DDR?

2. For how much money was Gartenschläger ransomed by the BRD?

3. What is Robert's defense against worry?

4. In 1945, where is the Narrator?

5. What is an indulgent pleasure that the Narrator likes to do in West Berlin?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Pommerer observe about the DDR leadership and the reconstruction of East Berlin?

3. What is the similarity in the news reporting of the strike in Poland that both Pommerer and the Narrator observe?

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

5. How does Bolle end up in the French legion in Corsica?

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

7. What is Bolle's ultimate fate after he double crosses both intelligence sides?

8. What does a stranger warn Robert and the Narrator about in the cafe and what happens subsequently?

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

10. Why does Pommerer believe his phone troubles are linked to a protest he did?

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