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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Robert enjoy viewing different models of that the Narrator accompanies to see?
(a) Trailers.
(b) Boats.
(c) Machine guns.
(d) Cars.

2. For how much money was Gartenschläger ransomed by the BRD?
(a) 23,000.
(b) 15,000.
(c) 20,000.
(d) 45,000.

3. Instead of raping, what do the foreigners that visit where the Narrator lives in 1945, do instead?
(a) Fight indiscriminately.
(b) Buy homes.
(c) Have love affairs.
(d) Burn effigies.

4. When Bolle offered his services to the US Army for counterintelligence, what happened?
(a) They turned him down.
(b) He became a double agent.
(c) He was captured.
(d) He became a spy.

5. What does the Narrator bring into East Berlin that he is allowed to carry?
(a) His cat.
(b) His stories.
(c) His dog.
(d) His phone.

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

7. What does Robert think is a fairy tale for those who choose to not know better?
(a) Demonstrations.
(b) Visions.
(c) Free choice.
(d) Spontaneity.

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

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

10. What did Pommerer's father leave for him for protection?
(a) A tank.
(b) A servant.
(c) A pistol.
(d) A knife.

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

12. What does the stranger that buys Pommerer drinks want Pommerer to join?
(a) His train.
(b) His plant.
(c) His ship.
(d) His spy organization.

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

14. Who single-handedly fought against the DDR according to Robert?
(a) Robert.
(b) Marlow.
(c) Walter.
(d) Jones.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Robert find always falls outside of himself when he considers events and motives?

2. Where does Gartenschläger go with an assistant to gain access to the DDR border tools?

3. Why did Bolle spend 7 years in prison?

4. Via what method does Bolle infiltrate the BRD?

5. Where does Bolle erect his device to preach war against the Wall?

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