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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 is the Narrator's aunt?

2. Where is Bolle stationed that he learns skills in sabotage?

3. What does the Narrator bring into East Berlin that he is allowed to carry?

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

5. Why do the Narrator and Robert have to leave the cafe near the Kurfürstendamm?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does the Narrator identify with the German people and not politics?

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

7. How is Gartenschläger caught and killed?

8. Describe the Narrator's experience at the border with the guards and the man with the dog.

9. What does Robert observe about capitalism when he goes to check car models with the Narrator?

10. How does Bolle become an agent for the Stasi?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the significance of the Wall? When was the Wall erected? How does it divide Berlin? How does it divide the people of Berlin? What does the Wall symbolize? What international relationships are changed as a result? Who gains or loses power?

Essay Topic 2

Schneider is a master at dramatic devices. Choose an example of symbolism, puns, and irony, briefly describe them and identify the technique which they embody.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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