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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 of 1939 are the Klemperers notified that, beginning April 1940, their house will be rented to an Aryan?
(a) April.
(b) December.
(c) September.
(d) November.

2. How does Victor Klemperer respond to his brother's advice after considering it?
(a) He declines to emigrate.
(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 emigrates immediately.

3. What U.S. town does Betty emigrate to?
(a) Greenville.
(b) Toledo.
(c) Newtonville.
(d) Cleveland.

4. Jews face much stricter rationing than ___________.
(a) Catholics.
(b) Aryans.
(c) Any other race.
(d) All other Europeans.

5. What happens to the books that the university library has to surrender to the authorities when said books are deemed to have failed censorship or not be fit for the average person?
(a) They are destroyed and the authors are arrested for treason.
(b) They are heavily censored and the authors are forced into Nazi re-education classes.
(c) They are heavily censored and then returned to the university.
(d) They are destroyed and the university receives no compensation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of medical treatments does Eva undergo?

2. Which local German official begins a program of harassment against the Jews that results in fines levied against the Klemperers for things such as weeds in their yard?

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

4. What other means of saving money does Victor consider but ultimately discard as unworkable?

5. What U.S. town does Georg emigrate to?

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