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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 Bolle push to radicalize that protests the Wall?
(a) An ad hoc committee.
(b) A Stasi official meeting.
(c) A West Berlin court.
(d) A Kreuzberg gathering.

2. How much was Bolle ransomed for by the BRD?
(a) 50,000 DM.
(b) 150,000 DM.
(c) 100,000 DM.
(d) 20,000 DM.

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

4. Over what philosopher do Robert and the Narrator argue that brings them almost to blows?
(a) Hegel.
(b) Dostoevsky.
(c) Chekhov.
(d) Kant.

5. When was Bolle ransomed by the BRD?
(a) 1998.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1983.
(d) 1923.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pommerer believe that East Germans have more of than West Germans?

2. What does Gartenschläger sell his stolen item to a news magazine for?

3. Where are strikes occurring that the Narrator watches on television with Pommerer?

4. What does Bolle erect to preach war against the Wall?

5. In 1945, where is the Narrator?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What first attracts the Narrator to Lena?

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

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

10. How do Pommerer and the Narrator differ on their views of East and West German workers?

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