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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which tragedy does Klemperer believe reflects poorly on Hitler's government?
(a) The crashing of the Hindenburg.
(b) The natural gas explosion in New London, Texas.
(c) The Black Famine.
(d) The sinking of the Bismarck.

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

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

5. With what type of inmates are prisons over-capacity?
(a) Non-violent.
(b) Political.
(c) Criminal.
(d) White-collar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What illness does Victor contract during 1935?

2. When Klemperer applies to the American Consulate in Berlin, what number is he given when he is assigned to the immigrant waiting list?

3. Which two countries enter the war in 1939, along with Poland?

4. Whom do the newspapers give the responsibility of breeding Nordic-blooded individuals to escape the taint of Jewry?

5. What happens to Victor's sister, Grete, after she suffers a mental collapse and a heart attack?

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