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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through '1937'.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In May, Victor and Eva take a five-day automobile vacation. Which city is their first stop?
(a) Munich.
(b) Stuttgart.
(c) Strausberg.
(d) Dusseldorf.

2. What does Klemperer report about his wife, Eva's, health?
(a) She is very healthy and never gets sick.
(b) She is infirm and sickly on a nearly daily basis.
(c) She is confined to a wheelchair.
(d) She is generally healthy but occasionally falls ill.

3. Which of the following countries is NOT one of the destinations favored by Jews emigrating from Germany in 1934?
(a) The United States.
(b) Poland.
(c) The Soviet Union.
(d) Palestine.

4. Klemperer mistakenly believes the Night of the Long Knives demonstrates what?
(a) The essential weakness of Hitler's government.
(b) His theory of German character is incorrect.
(c) The essential strength of Hitler's government.
(d) The extent of Hitler's paranoia.

5. What is the "Night of the Long Knives" referred to as by Klemperer?
(a) The Shoah.
(b) The Röhm Revolt.
(c) The Anschluss.
(d) The Kristallnacht.

Short Answer Questions

1. What work is done on the Klemperers' empty lot through the end of 1933?

2. What does Klemperer begin to question as 1933 progresses?

3. Why does Klemperer receive a reduced-rate retirement payment?

4. In 1935, which religious group begins experiencing persecution, including lengthy prison terms?

5. To which location does Georg Klemperer first emigrate after the Nazis strip Jews of their citizenship and rights?

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