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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through '1940'.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By the middle of 1937, Victor and Eva are taking long country drives for what purpose?
(a) To discuss escape plans.
(b) Pleasure.
(c) To see relatives.
(d) To search for retail items.

2. In 1938, _____________ is partitioned and Germany claims a huge part of the country.
(a) Greece.
(b) Austria.
(c) Czechoslovakia.
(d) Yugoslavia.

3. Klemperer notes with surprise that many troops are being sent to:
(a) The west.
(b) The east.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) The south.

4. For most of 1937, Klemperer finds himself believing that most Germans have always been somewhat ____________.
(a) Isolationist.
(b) Nationalistic.
(c) Pan-European.
(d) Anti-Semitic.

5. What other means of saving money does Victor consider but ultimately discard as unworkable?
(a) Cancelling his newspaper subscription.
(b) Stopping smoking.
(c) Giving up coffee.
(d) Stopping drinking.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the "Night of the Long Knives" referred to as by Klemperer?

2. What did groups against whom the Nazis discriminated, if they had wealth or internationally desirable skills, do?

3. What is the purpose of the offices of "science" that the Nazi government establishes?

4. What 1936 event prompts the brief removal of all anti-Semitic references in German media?

5. Whose fascist regime does Nazi Germany begin to support in 1937?

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