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Berlin Wall Quiz

This is a self-scoring, 10-item quiz on the history of the Berlin Wall. It is based on the Berlin Wall Timeline and The East Side Gallery article and timeline. You should review those pages before attempting this quiz.

Quiz Instructions
Click the button next to the answer you want. When you reach the end of the quiz you’ll be able to find out your percentage score. The answers will be listed in the scroll box just below the “Get Score” button, but you might want to avoid the answers if you got less than 100%, and try again until you get it right.

HINT: If you want to revise your answers after getting your score, don’t use the “Clear” button unless you want to re-mark all the answers. Just change the answers you think need changing — then click on the “Get Score” button again. But no peeking at the answers!

1. The construction of the Berlin Wall was ordered by
     the East German leader _____.

    Erich Honecker
    Helmut Kohl
    Walter Ulbricht
2. Construction of the Berlin Wall began on August 13, _____ .
    1949
    1961
    1976
3. The original East Side Gallery had its official debut on
     September 28, ____ .
    1976
    1990
    2009
4. Berlin’s Straße des 17. Juni is named for the date of ____ .
    the founding of the GDR in 1949
    the fall of the Wall
    an East German revolt
5. The length of the Wall surrounding Berlin was _____ .
    100 miles
    65 miles
    35 miles
6. Ronald Reagan made his famous “tear down this Wall” speech
     in Berlin in _____.
    1982
    1986
    1987
7. In August 1989, over 700 refugees fled the GDR and the East
     Bloc by crossing the _____ border.
    Austrian-Hungarian
    Austrian-Swiss
    Austrian-Czech
8. The 1989 anti-government “Monday demonstrations” in East
     Germany began in _____.
    East Berlin
    Dresden
    Leipzig
9. The head of East Germany who resigned in October, just weeks
     before the Berlin Wall fell, was _____ .
    Erich Honecker
    Helmut Kohl
    Walter Ulbricht
10. John F. Kennedy made his famous 1963 “Ich bin ein
     Berliner” speech in front of the _____ .
    Rotes Rathaus
    Schöneberger Rathaus
    Berlin Wall

  

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