A) 1961 B) 1975 C) 1945 D) 1989
A) To promote tourism in Berlin B) To divide East and West Berlin culturally C) To symbolize peace in Europe D) To prevent East Germans from fleeing to the West
A) 2005 B) 1989 C) 1975 D) 1999
A) Soviet Union B) United States C) France D) United Kingdom
A) 19 years B) 28 years C) 42 years D) 15 years
A) Steel mesh fence B) Wooden barricade C) Barbed wire fence D) Concrete wall
A) The destruction of German culture B) The start of a new wave of communism C) The beginning of the European Union D) The end of the Cold War and the reunification of East and West Germany
A) Over 5,000 B) Over 10,000 C) Around 1,000 D) Less than 100
A) John F. Kennedy B) Richard Nixon C) Jimmy Carter D) Ronald Reagan
A) "Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart." B) "Iron Curtain." C) "Wall of Shame." D) "Berlin Barrier."
A) They dismantled their military presence in East Germany. B) They immediately accepted the Marshall Plan. C) The Soviets instituted the Berlin Blockade in 1948. D) They joined NATO.
A) A centrally planned socialist economic model. B) An autocratic regime with no free markets. C) A social market economy with a democratic parliamentary government. D) A purely capitalist system without any social welfare.
A) "Volkspolizei." B) "Ostpolitik." C) "Wirtschaftswunder." D) "Republikflucht."
A) Walter Ulbricht B) Joseph Stalin C) Vyacheslav Molotov D) Konrad Adenauer
A) Build up their border defenses B) Open more borders for trade C) Negotiate with West Germany D) Reduce military presence at the border
A) The Western sectors B) Neither sector C) The Eastern sectors D) Both sectors were equally accessible
A) 1954 B) 1955 C) 1956 D) 1953
A) John F. Kennedy B) Willy Brandt C) Nikita Khrushchev D) Mikhail Pervukhin
A) 1957 B) 1952 C) 1949 D) 1961
A) Approximately 20% B) 10% C) 30% D) 40%
A) 1961 B) 1951 C) 1957 D) 1949
A) Konrad Adenauer B) Wilhelm Pieck C) Walter Ulbricht D) Yuri Andropov
A) Political reasons B) Economic reasons C) Better weather D) Family reunification
A) 80% B) 50% C) 70.5% D) 61%
A) $10 billion B) $17 billion C) $25 billion D) $5 billion
A) James Reston B) Walter Ulbricht C) John F. Kennedy D) Nikita Khrushchev
A) John F. Kennedy B) Walter Ulbricht C) James Reston D) Nikita Khrushchev
A) 17 August 1961 B) 12 August 1961 C) 13 August 1961 D) 15 June 1961
A) 13 August 1961 B) 17 August 1961 C) 12 August 1961 D) 15 June 1961
A) He promised to support its construction. B) He admitted that the US would not actively oppose it. C) He remained neutral and did not comment. D) He threatened military action against it.
A) Moscow B) Berlin C) Döllnsee D) Vienna
A) 75 km (47 mi) B) 156 km (97 mi) C) 43 km (27 mi) D) 100 km (62 mi)
A) 100 km (62 mi) B) 156 km (97 mi) C) 43 km (27 mi) D) 75 km (47 mi)
A) Kennedy was furious. B) Kennedy agreed with all of Brandt's suggestions. C) Kennedy offered financial support to West Berlin. D) Kennedy ignored Brandt's comments completely.
A) The National Security Agency B) FBI C) CIA D) DIA
A) Tegel Airport B) Berlin Brandenburg Airport C) Schönefeld Airport D) Tempelhof Airport
A) UK Infantry Brigade B) French Forces C) US Brigade D) Italian Brigade
A) Exactly 50 B) Less than 30 C) At least 70 D) Over 100
A) 4 percent B) 24 percent C) 10 percent D) 58 percent
A) Dallgow-Döberitz B) Blankenfelde-Mahlow C) Hennigsdorf D) Schönwalde-Glien
A) Four B) Three C) Two D) Six
A) 6 percent B) 10 percent C) 58 percent D) 24 percent
A) Egon Krenz B) Mikhail Gorbachev C) Otto von Habsburg D) Helmut Kohl
A) Shooting orders (Schießbefehl) B) Capture alive orders C) Arrest and detain orders D) Shoot-to-kill orders
A) Unternehmen Reisebüro B) Project Escape C) Operation Freedom D) Sewer Rescue
A) Used water cannons B) Built zig-zagging roads at checkpoints C) Deployed snipers D) Installed metal beams at checkpoints
A) 'Berliners' by Roy Harper B) 'Heroes' by David Bowie C) 'Chippin' Away' by Tom Fedora D) 'Over de muur' (1984)
A) Twelve B) Seven C) Nine D) Five
A) Good Bye Lenin! (2003) B) The Innocent (1993) C) Bridge of Spies (2015) D) Night Crossing (1982)
A) Bridge of Spies (2015) B) The Tunnel (2001) C) Open The Wall (2014) D) Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
A) They were completely destroyed B) They were all preserved in their original state C) They were moved to a museum D) They were badly damaged by souvenir seekers
A) 'Chippin' Away' by Tom Fedora B) 'Berliners' C) 'Over de muur' by Klein Orkest D) 'Heroes' by David Bowie
A) 'Wir bleiben hier!' ('We are staying here!') B) 'Gerechtigkeit für alle!' ('Justice for all!') C) 'Freiheit jetzt!' ('Freedom now!') D) 'Keine Angst mehr!' ('No more fear!')
A) The Tunnel (2001) B) Night Crossing (1982) C) Good Bye Lenin! (2003) D) Berlin Tunnel 21 (1981)
A) Toni Fisher B) Tom Fedora C) David Bowie D) The West-German artist Elsner
A) August 1961 B) May 1975 C) January 1965 D) June 1962
A) Something to Do with the Wall (1991) B) The Tunnel (December 1962) C) The American Sector (2020) D) Rabbit à la Berlin (2009)
A) Stahnsdorf B) Hohen Neuendorf C) Schönefeld (partially) D) Großbeeren
A) Stasi B) Gesellschaft für Sport und Technik C) Nationale Volksarmee D) RAF Gatow
A) Winfried Freudenberg B) Peter Fechter C) Chris Gueffroy D) Günter Litfin
A) 58 percent B) 8 percent C) 12 percent D) 25 percent
A) In Schlesischen Busch B) Near Checkpoint Charlie C) At Bernauer Straße D) Along the Spree River near the Oberbaumbrücke
A) 1987 B) 1988 C) 1986 D) 1989
A) Provide detailed reasons for any refusal of entry. B) Refuse entry permits without stating a reason. C) Issue permits automatically to all applicants. D) Only refuse permits during specific months.
A) 4 percent B) 10 percent C) 24 percent D) 58 percent
A) A supporter of communism. B) A member of the United Nations. C) "Civis Romanus sum" (I am a Roman citizen). D) Being an American citizen.
A) 50 kilometres B) More than 140 kilometres C) 200 kilometres D) 100 kilometres
A) Mühlenbecker Land B) Stahnsdorf C) Hohen Neuendorf D) Schönwalde-Glien
A) Friedrichstraße B) Checkpoint Charlie C) Dreilinden D) Zimmerstraße
A) 'Heroes' (1977) by David Bowie B) 'West of the Wall' by Toni Fisher C) 'Holidays in the Sun' by Sex Pistols D) Stationary Traveller (1984)
A) 50 B) 29 C) 70 D) 19
A) Escape from East Berlin (1962) B) The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz (1968) C) Sonnenallee (1999) D) Berlin Tunnel 21 (1981)
A) 35% B) 28% C) 13% D) 16%.
A) Alexandra Hildebrandt B) Wolfgang Engels C) Günter Litfin D) Thomas Krüger
A) 10 percent B) 58 percent C) 24 percent D) 6 percent
A) "Complete suppression of Western influences" B) "Encouraging more concerts by Western artists" C) "One step backwards, two steps forwards" D) "Isolation from Western culture"
A) Blankenfelde-Mahlow B) Potsdam C) Glienicke/Nordbahn D) Schönefeld
A) 87% B) 8% C) 14%. D) 35%
A) Thomas Krüger B) Conrad Schumann C) Wolfgang Engels D) Günter Litfin
A) A section of the Wall known as East Side Gallery B) A park with a piece of the wall strip C) An observation tower used by Deutsche Waldjugend D) The former 'Kieler Eck' watchtower, now a memorial site named after Günter Litfin
A) Vox B) Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) C) CNN D) BBC
A) Hohen Neuendorf B) Glienicke/Nordbahn C) Mühlenbecker Land (partially) D) Hennigsdorf
A) 12 percent B) 8 percent C) 25 percent D) 58 percent
A) Border guard B) Policeman C) Tailor D) Soldier
A) Jean-Michel Basquiat B) Thierry Noir C) Keith Haring D) Banksy
A) Driving a sports car through fortifications B) Using a hot air balloon C) Flying an ultralight plane D) Landing a light aircraft at RAF Gatow
A) Winfried Freudenberg B) Peter Fechter C) Chris Gueffroy D) Günter Litfin
A) Checkpoint Alpha autobahn B) Dreilinden autobahn C) Friedrichstraße autobahn D) Berlin-Helmstedt autobahn
A) Chris Gueffroy B) Ida Siekmann C) Günter Litfin D) Peter Fechter
A) 'Holidays in the Sun' by Sex Pistols B) Stationary Traveller (1984) by Camel C) 'West of the Wall' by Toni Fisher D) 'Heroes' (1977)
A) Großbeeren B) Schönefeld C) Hohen Neuendorf D) Kleinmachnow
A) Stahnsdorf B) Mühlenbecker Land C) Hohen Neuendorf D) Falkensee
A) Friedrichstraße station B) Checkpoint Charlie C) Checkpoint Bravo D) Checkpoint Alpha |