Ich bin ein Berliner Speech Quizzes
Think you’ve got your head wrapped around Ich bin ein Berliner Speech? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. Because it was a violent outburst in an era of avoiding open warfare between superpowers, the Berlin Wall is known as what?
A hot spot in the Cold War
A cold sore in the mouth of the world
A hot cup of coffee spilled on a great leader
A cold and flu-like symptom for diplomacy
Q. Which answer best describes how many Berliners felt about the Soviet Red Army at the end of World War II?
Hatred
Unconditional love
Bored and sleepy
They preferred the Rose Army
Q. Before building the Berlin Wall how had the Soviets attempted to resolve their problems in Berlin?
Blockading the city
Going to group therapy
Burning the city down
Releasing the city from their control
Q. Why did the U.S.A. and the USSR want to avoid going to war over the situation in Berlin?
Both nations had nuclear weapons.
The presidents of the two nations were best friends.
Neither nation wanted to damage the precious wall.
Nobody knew where Berlin was.
Q. How did the USSR and the U.S.A. come to control different sectors of Berlin?
Germany was divided among nations for post-war reconstruction.
Their armies took sectors as war compensation.
Their royal families inherited sectors due to intermarriage.
The sectors were a gift from the people of France.