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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the Klemperers mitigate maintenance costs?
(a) Victor serves as an amateur mechanic.
(b) The Klemperers neglect all but the most major mechanical needs.
(c) The Klemperers' neighbor, who is a mechanic, does most of the work on their car.
(d) Eva serves as an amateur mechanic.

2. Which of Victor's relatives dies in October 1937?
(a) Georg, his brother.
(b) Eva, his wife.
(c) Maria, his sister-in-law.
(d) Grete, his sister.

3. In 1935, how are Catholics, Communists, and Jews who are still employed removed from their jobs?
(a) They are offered buyout packages.
(b) They are arrested.
(c) They are asked to resign.
(d) They are fired.

4. 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 placed in a nursing home.
(c) She is sent to Buchenwald and put to death.
(d) She is sent to the hospital.

5. As the Nazification of Germany continues in 1935, what is altered to the ancient German names?
(a) The days of the week.
(b) The names of the months.
(c) The names of the cities and towns.
(d) The regions of the country.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What happens to Klemperer's position after he leaves it?

4. In which war does Italy become involved toward the end of 1935?

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

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