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Photo Exercise for Beginners - Culture

The following self-scoring exercise tests your command of the German language, daily culture and practical knowledge related to the photographs below. When you have completed the exercise, just click on "Get Score" to see your score and an answer key.

If you find this exercise too easy, try our Foto-Übung für Fortgeschrittene in German. NOTE: The questions and answers in the two exercises are not identical!

In order to answer some of the questions below, you may need to view a larger version of the photo. To do so, just click on the photo. Note that, other than Photo 1, each photo has two questions. Total questions: 9.

All photos Copyright © Hyde Flippo. All rights reserved. Images may be used for private, personal use only.


FOTO 1  (Click on photo for a more detailed view.)

1. One of these traffic signs (Verkehrszeichen) indicates ___.

a one-way street
only taxis and buses are allowed
only motorbikes and cars are allowed


Foto 2
FOTO 2

2. You need this Austrian sticker (Vignette) in order to drive __.

as a non-Austrian in Austria
on the autobahn
a rental car

3. The markings on this sticker indicate it is valid for __.

one week beginning on July 12
one month beginning on December 7
one year beginning in July 1998

   FOTO 3

4. In today's edition of "tz" (Tageszeitung) we can find ___.

a feature about geisha girls
a TV guide with a puzzle
more TV programs

5. Based on clues in photo 3, this newsstand is located in ___.

Austria
southern Germany
northern Germany

   FOTO 4 (NO larger view of this photo.)
Foto 4

6. You can only find this type of shop in ___ or other Austrian towns.

Augsburg
Luzern
Graz

7. One thing I can't buy here is ___.

cigarettes
groceries
postcards


FOTO 5

8. This is where you wait for ___.

the U-Bahn
a streetcar
a taxi

9. The electronic sign below the "H" tells you ___.

the number to call for a taxi
when the next streetcar will arrive
the number of the next U-Bahn

     

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Key: See a more detailed answer key with comments about each photo.

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