I Will Bear Witness: A Diary of the Nazi Years, 1933-1941 Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Victor Klemperer
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I Will Bear Witness: A Diary of the Nazi Years, 1933-1941 Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Victor Klemperer
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Victor Klemperer respond to his brother's advice after considering it?
(a) He decides to emigrate if the Nazis are still in control in 1936.
(b) He emigrates immediately.
(c) He declines to emigrate.
(d) He can't make up his mind; he is paralyzed by fear.

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

3. In July 1934, in whose favor is Klemperer's lawsuit settled?
(a) Klemperer's.
(b) The defendant's.
(c) It is split between both parties.
(d) It isn't settled; it is thrown out of court.

4. For what reason was Klemperer discharged from the army?
(a) He was discharged for medical reasons.
(b) He was dishonorably discharged.
(c) He was discharged because his enlistment period had expired.
(d) He deserted.

5. In what month does Klemperer receive a planned termination notice?
(a) April.
(b) August.
(c) May.
(d) February.

6. What 1936 event prompts the brief removal of all anti-Semitic references in German media?
(a) A visit from the Red Cross.
(b) The G-20 summit.
(c) A visit from President Roosevelt.
(d) The Olympics.

7. Which group of people were not discharged from employment during 1933?
(a) Catholics.
(b) Lutherans.
(c) Communists.
(d) Jews.

8. Klemperer mistakenly believes the Night of the Long Knives demonstrates what?
(a) The essential strength of Hitler's government.
(b) The extent of Hitler's paranoia.
(c) His theory of German character is incorrect.
(d) The essential weakness of Hitler's government.

9. What makes Klemperer break off all contact with the Wieghardts?
(a) Their criticism of his driving skills.
(b) They become members of the Nazi party.
(c) Their political views.
(d) Their criticism of his political views.

10. In what month of 1934 do the Klemperers move into their home in Dölzschen?
(a) November.
(b) October.
(c) April.
(d) January.

11. What type of medical treatments does Eva undergo?
(a) Medical.
(b) Mental.
(c) Spa.
(d) Dental.

12. Who writes the propagandistic articles carried by most media outlets?
(a) Hitler.
(b) The reporters who work for the media outlets.
(c) Members of the former German government.
(d) Nazi party officials.

13. Hitler proclaims compulsory ______________.
(a) Work camps.
(b) Indoctrination classes.
(c) Church attendance.
(d) Military service.

14. Why do family members and friends among the groups who are discriminated against by the Nazis begin to lose track of each other?
(a) Writing letters and making telephone calls becomes forbidden.
(b) Writing letters becomes forbidden.
(c) Making telephone calls becomes too expensive.
(d) Writing letters and making telephone calls becomes politically dangerous.

15. What happens to the books that the university library has to surrender to the authorities when said books are deemed to have failed censorship or not be fit for the average person?
(a) They are heavily censored and then returned to the university.
(b) They are destroyed and the university receives no compensation.
(c) They are heavily censored and the authors are forced into Nazi re-education classes.
(d) They are destroyed and the authors are arrested for treason.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Klemperer's manuscript of The Eighteenth Century rejected?

2. With what type of inmates are prisons over-capacity?

3. How does the Nazi party come to power in January 1933?

4. At what point during classes are professors expected to give the Nazi salute?

5. What health condition(s) do both Klemperers appear to have?

(see the answer keys)

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