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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Eva born?
(a) July 13, 1881.
(b) October, 9, 1882.
(c) October 9, 1881.
(d) July 13, 1882.

2. What is the truth about the voluntary Nazi political-fund drives?
(a) They are a de facto mandatory tax.
(b) They are a de facto party membership fee.
(c) Jews' participation is mandatory; Aryans' participation is voluntary.
(d) They are indeed voluntary.

3. In February, what accident are the Klemperers witness to?
(a) The sinking of a passenger ferry.
(b) A multiple-car collision.
(c) The collapse of a billboard.
(d) The collapse of a construction trench.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Klemperer risk for avoiding giving the Nazi salute during class?

2. What was the name of the 1935 law that deprived German Jews of their citizenship and rights?

3. Toward the end of 1935, ______________ of food and various other materials become common.

4. What has happened to Klemperer's theory of the essential character of the German nation?

5. As anti-Jew laws become stricter, what is an example of the type of public facilities from which Jews are excluded in 1936?

Short Essay Questions

1. Klemperer also buys a car, which severely strains his finances. What does he do to pay off his debts?

2. In 1933, what kind of news fills the mainstream papers in Germany?

3. Why do the Klemperers appear to be hypochondriacs?

4. Instead of using Georg's money to emigrate, what does Klemperer do with it?

5. In 1933, how does Klemperer find the German political situation?

6. When Klemperer receives letters from friends and family who have emigrated and have found success, he is both happy for and envious of them. What is the reason for Klemperer's envy?

7. What reason does Klemperer give for the phenomenon of families and friends beginning to lose track of each other as people started to emigrate?

8. What were one of the requirements of Palestine's immigration policies that made it difficult for Jews to emigrate there?

9. In pondering the nature of fate, to what does Klemperer compare life?

10. In 1933, Klemperer notes that many Catholics, Communists, and Jews who are wealthy or who have internationally marketable skills emigrate. What is life like for members of these groups who remain in Germany?

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