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Turkish-German Poems

Introduction

Poems

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What do you know about multicultural society in Germany?

1. There are 81 million people in Germany. How many are foreigners?
a. more than 20 million
b. more than 7 million
c. less than 1 million

2. What is a guest worker?
a. a foreign worker unwanted by the German government
b. a German worker recruited by a foreign country
c. a foreign worker recruited by the German government

3. Which countries did the guest workers primarily come from?
a. Vietnam, Poland, and Mozambique
b. Italy, Spain, Greece, the former Yugoslavia, and Turkey
c. England, France, Spain, and Portugal
d. the USSR, China, Japan, and the former Yugoslavia

4. Article 16 of the German constitution offers a guarantee of asylum to which group?
a. the unemployed
b. German speakers
c. the politically persecuted

5. What was one of the main causes of hostility toward foreigners?
a. Artikel 16
b. High welfare costs after reunification
c. The decreased number of asylum-seekers

6. What happened in Germany in 1993?
a. The asylum laws were reconsidered, but left unchanged.
b. The asylum laws were expanded to include more applicants.
c. The asylum laws were limited to include fewer applicants.