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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the 1935 law that deprived German Jews of their citizenship and rights?
(a) The Nuremberg Laws of Citizenship and Race.
(b) The Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor.
(c) The Reich Citizenship Law.
(d) The Reich Laws of Citizenship and Race.

2. What has happened to Klemperer's theory of the essential character of the German nation?
(a) He has nearly abandoned it.
(b) He is holding tighter to it than ever.
(c) He is seriously doubting it.
(d) He has entirely abandoned it.

3. Some bombings are particularly devastating to Berlin and:
(a) Bonn.
(b) Nuremberg.
(c) Hamburg.
(d) Strausberg.

4. By 1940, war _________ commonplace.
(a) Crimes are.
(b) Talk is.
(c) Profiteering is.
(d) Related viruses are.

5. During which war did Klemperer serve in the German armed forces?
(a) World War I.
(b) World War II.
(c) The German Revolution.
(d) Franco-Prussian War.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of the yellow sign that the government puts on Klemperer's fence corners?

2. From what does Klemperer's youngest sister, Wally Sussman, die?

3. Why does Klemperer speculate and report rumor and innuendo instead of actual news?

4. How much of the retirement pay that they had worked for do Catholics, Communists, and Jews who lose their jobs get?

5. As of 1936, for how long has Klemperer been unemployed?

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