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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What happens to Victor's sister, Grete, after she suffers a mental collapse and a heart attack?
(a) She is placed in a nursing home.
(b) She is placed in a sanatorium.
(c) She is sent to the hospital.
(d) She is sent to Buchenwald and put to death.

4. While in Berlin, Klemperer learns that anti-government elements frequently copy thousands of subversive or censored handbills _______________ and distribute them secretly.
(a) On underground printing presses.
(b) At printing companies in neutral countries.
(c) In the United States.
(d) By hand.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Klemperer expect in the wake of the assassination attempt that does not seem to materialize?

2. In late 1937, Hjalmar Schacht retires as the minister of ____________.

3. What word does Klemperer use for the first time (on April 9, 1939) to describe the German-Italian alliance?

4. In what month does Klemperer receive a planned termination notice?

5. Hitler proclaims compulsory ______________.

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