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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who clings together in a new life in the West?
2. How many times has Kabe jumped the Wall?
3. Who fail to curse the uncomfortable shuttle bus after landing at the Schonefield airport?
4. Who does the Narrator meet in East Berlin that is forbidden to publish?
5. What do Western publicity folk strive to avoid according to the Narrator?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do Pommerer and the Narrator differ on their views regarding East and West Germany and change?
2. What do the artistic neighbors that the Narrator meets with Pommerer in the countryside say about the scientist and the state as compared to writers?
3. How has television affected the culture of the two German societies?
4. What is the difference in reporting between West and East German politicians on the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan on the evening news?
5. How does Kabe outwit both the East and West German governments?
6. How does the Narrator describe Robert in Chapter 1?
7. Who is Wolf Biermann, mentioned in Chapter 1, and how is he described?
8. What is the evening of music that Pommerer and the Narrator take in at the Hall of Young Talent like?
9. What do neighbors in the German countryside gather to discuss that the Narrator observes?
10. How is the difference in the importance of the Wall shown in Western and Eastern maps?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Consider this quote, "This stillness probably ties in with the Germans' habit of hearing their own noise through their neighbors' ears--a consideration which even three-year-olds are taught to show," (Chapter 1, pg. 16.) How does this reveal the culture in which East Germans lived? What does this say about their society? Compare and contrast in relationship to West Berlin and Western society as a whole at the time.
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast Lena with Frieda. How are these women similar or different? What gender roles do they follow and what do they oppose? How is Lena's thinking representative of her upbringing? What does she like and dislike about the West? What about Frieda?
Essay Topic 3
The two belief systems of capitalism and socialism are pitted against each other frequently in "The Wall Jumper". Identify examples of each. In what ways is the Narrator attracted to the capitalist system versus the socialist system and vice-versa? Is it surprising that people jump the Wall on both sides? Discuss in relation to the stories shared by the Narrator and Pommerer.
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