1. Why does Klemperer speculate and report rumor and innuendo instead of actual news?
(a) There is a nationwide news blackout.
(b) Jews aren't allowed to read the newspapers.
(c) Jews aren't allowed to listen to the radio.
(d) He doesn't trust the official news media.

2. The politicized and specialized language of ________________ continues to seep into common, everyday usage.
(a) Marxism.
(b) The Third Reich.
(c) The Führer.
(d) Nazism.

3. What dominates much of Victor's diary entries for 1939?
(a) War with Poland.
(b) War with France.
(c) War with England.
(d) War with Russia.

4. In 1935, which religious group begins experiencing persecution, including lengthy prison terms?
(a) Seventh-Day Adventists.
(b) Catholics.
(c) Mormons.
(d) Jehovah's Witnesses.

5. How much of the retirement pay that they had worked for do Catholics, Communists, and Jews who lose their jobs get?
(a) Full retirement pay.
(b) None.
(c) Half retirement pay.
(d) One-third retirement pay.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Jewish bank accounts are _____________ and ready cash is seized.

3. What illness does Victor contract during 1935?

4. Along with his strongest recommendations to flee Germany, what does Georg give Victor and Eva Klemperer?

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

(see the answer key)

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