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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When the Klemperers take their second eight-day automobile vacation later in 1937 where do they go?
(a) The Aegean.
(b) The Baltic Sea.
(c) The Mediterranean.
(d) The North Sea.

3. Who was killed during the Night of the Long Knives?
(a) Gypsies.
(b) Former acquaintances and allies of Hitler.
(c) Jews.
(d) Former acquaintances and allies of Heidelberg.

4. What is one interesting example of Nazi indoctrination noted by Klemperer in his 1936 entries?
(a) Propagandistic slogans used as fortunes in fortune cookies.
(b) Mein Kampf replacing Bibles in churches and synagogues.
(c) The production of coloring books that indoctrinate children.
(d) Propagandistic slogans used as postmarks.

5. What health condition(s) do both Klemperers appear to have?
(a) Anxiety and diabetes.
(b) Depression and hypochondria.
(c) Hypertension.
(d) Malnourishment.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Nazi party come to power in January 1933?

2. Why is Klemperer's manuscript of The Eighteenth Century rejected?

3. What makes Klemperer break off all contact with the Wieghardts?

4. In February, what accident are the Klemperers witness to?

5. What is the truth about the voluntary Nazi political-fund drives?

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