View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through '1937'.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What about many Jews' attitude towards the Nazis amazes Klemperer?
(a) They accept them.
(b) They want to join the Nazi party.
(c) They want to become Communists as a sign of protest.
(d) They agree with them.

2. What was the response to the Nazi party's rise to power, coupled with the poor economic climate of the times?
(a) Demonstrations and assemblies.
(b) Burglaries and murders.
(c) Enthusiasm and gratitude.
(d) Riots and looting.

3. What is the truth about the voluntary Nazi political-fund drives?
(a) They are indeed voluntary.
(b) They are a de facto party membership fee.
(c) They are a de facto mandatory tax.
(d) Jews' participation is mandatory; Aryans' participation is voluntary.

4. What piece of office equipment does Victor learn to use in 1935?
(a) A transcription machine.
(b) A mimeograph machine.
(c) A telegraph.
(d) A typewriter.

5. How much of the retirement pay that they had worked for do Catholics, Communists, and Jews who lose their jobs get?
(a) Full retirement pay.
(b) Half retirement pay.
(c) None.
(d) One-third retirement pay.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Eva born?

2. In which town have the Klemperers purchased an empty lot?

3. In February, what accident are the Klemperers witness to?

4. What other means of saving money does Victor consider but ultimately discard as unworkable?

5. In addition to continuing dental problems, what health problem does Eva suffer from during 1937?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 250 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample