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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through '1941'.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the Nazi party come to power in January 1933?
(a) A rigged national election.
(b) A workers' revolution.
(c) A valid national election.
(d) A military coup.

2. What kind of car does Klemperer buy after receiving his driving permit?
(a) A 1932 Opel.
(b) A 1932 Ford.
(c) A 1936 Volkswagen.
(d) A 1934 Volvo.

3. What does Klemperer believe will defeat the Nazis' anti-Semitism?
(a) Christianity.
(b) The Allies.
(c) Communism.
(d) The German national character.

4. What illness does Victor contract during 1935?
(a) Dysentery.
(b) Influenza.
(c) Polio.
(d) Measles.

5. In 1940, Jews were asked to begin wearing a yellow armband. In mid-1941, however, they were required, without exception, to wear it:
(a) Whenever they went to the grocery store.
(b) Whenever they went to synagogue.
(c) Whenever they went to seee the doctor.
(d) Whenever they went into public, for whatever reason.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Klemperer expect in the wake of the assassination attempt that does not seem to materialize?

2. In 1935, how are Catholics, Communists, and Jews who are still employed removed from their jobs?

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

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

5. In late 1937, Hjalmar Schacht retires as the minister of ____________.

(see the answer key)

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