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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through '1939'.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to Victor's sister, Grete, after she suffers a mental collapse and a heart attack?
(a) She is placed in a sanatorium.
(b) She is sent to the hospital.
(c) She is placed in a nursing home.
(d) She is sent to Buchenwald and put to death.

3. What makes food and commercial items increasingly difficult to obtain as 1939 progresses?
(a) The Swedish embargo.
(b) The English blockade.
(c) The Russian embargo.
(d) The American blockade.

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

5. In which war does Italy become involved toward the end of 1935?
(a) The Abyssinian War.
(b) The Balkan War.
(c) World War II.
(d) The Armenian War.

Short Answer Questions

1. In November 1939, an unsuccessful attempt is made to assassinate:

2. While in Berlin, Klemperer learns that anti-government elements frequently copy thousands of subversive or censored handbills _______________ and distribute them secretly.

3. Whose fascist regime does Nazi Germany begin to support in 1937?

4. Which of Victor's relatives dies in October 1937?

5. In 1937, on which book does Klemperer continue to work?

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