The Life of Others – exercise

1. [Multiple choice]

This film offers a new take on East Germany before re-unification.

Answers for Quiz [1].

• 1. 1
• 2. 2
• 3. 3 (correct)
• 4. 4
• 5. 5
• 6. 6

2. [Multiple choice]

The plot of the film appears to have been mirrored in reality.

Answers for Quiz [2].

• 1. 1
• 2. 2
• 3. 3
• 4. 4
• 5. 5 (correct)
• 6. 6

3. [Multiple choice]

Three words meaning ‘treated with affection’?

(‘dwelt lovingly on’)

Answers for Quiz [3].

• 1. 1
• 2. 2
• 3. 3
• 4. 4 (correct)
• 5. 5
• 6. 6

4. [Multiple choice]

Words meaning ‘a story which warns of the dangers of’.

(‘A cautionary tale’.)

Answers for Quiz [4].

• 1. 1
• 2. 2 (correct)
• 3. 3
• 4. 4
• 5. 5
• 6. 6

5. [Multiple choice]

The playwright in ‘The Life Of Others’ goes along with the status quo.

Answers for Quiz [5].

• 1. 1 (correct)
• 2. 2
• 3. 3
• 4. 4
• 5. 5
• 6. 6

6. [Multiple choice]

The film has been very well received in the German media.

Answers for Quiz [6].

• 1. 1
• 2. 2
• 3. 3 (correct)
• 4. 4
• 5. 5
• 6. 6

7. [Multiple choice]

Words telling you the director has never produced a film before.

(‘His début film’. This could also be expressed as his film or movie début)

Answers for Quiz [7].

• 1. 1 (correct)
• 2. 2
• 3. 3
• 4. 4
• 5. 5
• 6. 6

8. [Multiple choice]

The writer decides not to rock the boat.

Answers for Quiz [8].

• 1. 1 (correct)
• 2. 2
• 3. 3
• 4. 4
• 5. 5
• 6. 6

9. [Multiple choice]

The film has started to change the way former East Germany is portrayed in popular culture.

Answers for Quiz [9].

• 1. 1
• 2. 2
• 3. 3
• 4. 4 (correct)
• 5. 5
• 6. 6

10. [Multiple choice]

A verb which means you cannot be sure of the truth of a statement.

(To ‘allege’ means to state a fact or an accusation which is not proven.)

Answers for Quiz [10].

• 1. 1
• 2. 2
• 3. 3
• 4. 4
• 5. 5 (correct)
• 6. 6

11. [Multiple choice]

Evidence about the use of informers is not a recent revelation.

Answers for Quiz [11].

• 1. 1
• 2. 2
• 3. 3
• 4. 4
• 5. 5
• 6. 6 (correct)

12. [Multiple choice]

An adjective meaning the actual truth about something may be very different.

(‘supposed’.)

Answers for Quiz [12].

• 1. 1
• 2. 2
• 3. 3
• 4. 4 (correct)
• 5. 5
• 6. 6

13. [Multiple choice]

Two words meaning ‘grim reality’.

(‘dark truth’)

Answers for Quiz [13].

• 1. 1
• 2. 2 (correct)
• 3. 3
• 4. 4
• 5. 5
• 6. 6

14. [Multiple choice]

Portrayals of life in the GDR in the popular media have often been less than realistic.

Answers for Quiz [14].

• 1. 1 & 2
• 2. 1 & 3
• 3. 2 & 4
• 4. 2 & 5
• 5. 3 & 4 (correct)
• 6. 3 & 5
• 7. 4 & 5
• 8. 4 & 6