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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Victor begin doing with his personal items?
(a) Selling them in yard sales.
(b) Giving them away.
(c) Packing them in preparation for the move.
(d) Selling them to pawnbrokers.

5. What other means of saving money does Victor consider but ultimately discard as unworkable?
(a) Stopping drinking.
(b) Giving up coffee.
(c) Stopping smoking.
(d) Cancelling his newspaper subscription.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What piece of office equipment does Victor learn to use in 1935?

3. In his entries of 1939, Victor Klemperer spends some time pondering the relationship between Jews and:

4. In what month of 1939 are the Klemperers notified that, beginning April 1940, their house will be rented to an Aryan?

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

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