View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through '1935'.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Klemperer come up with the money to pay for the initial rounds of construction on his house?
(a) He secures a house loan.
(b) He comes into an inheritance.
(c) His brother Georg makes him a financial gift.
(d) He closes out a savings account.

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

3. With whom is Klemperer involved in a lawsuit during 1933 and 1934?
(a) A publisher.
(b) His employer.
(c) A fellow author.
(d) A student.

4. Victor Klemperer, the diarist, is a ___________ who has converted to _________.
(a) Protestant; Judaism.
(b) Jew; Protestantism.
(c) Jew; Catholicism.
(d) Catholic; Judaism.

5. What is the political orientation of the few newspapers that publish 'real' news?
(a) Right.
(b) Left.
(c) Prime-Time.
(d) Moderate.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which war does Italy become involved toward the end of 1935?

2. What was the response to the Nazi party's rise to power, coupled with the poor economic climate of the times?

3. The politicized and specialized language of ________________ continues to seep into common, everyday usage.

4. When was Eva born?

5. What work is done on the Klemperers' empty lot through the end of 1933?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 252 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample