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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through '1940'.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the topic of Klemperer's book, The Eighteenth Century?
(a) It is a review of eighteenth-century art.
(b) It is a review of eighteenth-century politics.
(c) it is a review of eighteenth-century German history.
(d) It is a review of eighteenth-century literature.

2. In his entries of 1938, what health problem does Victor fret about?
(a) Eva's anxiety.
(b) Eva's teeth.
(c) His eyesight.
(d) His heart condition.

3. What is the political orientation of the few newspapers that publish 'real' news?
(a) Moderate.
(b) Right.
(c) Left.
(d) Prime-Time.

4. What makes Klemperer break off all contact with the Wieghardts?
(a) Their criticism of his driving skills.
(b) Their criticism of his political views.
(c) They become members of the Nazi party.
(d) Their political views.

5. Klemperer notes with surprise that many troops are being sent to:
(a) The east.
(b) The west.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) The south.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does nearly every Jew remaining in Germany, including the Klemperers, try to do in response to the rumors of ghettos?

2. With what type of inmates are prisons over-capacity?

3. How does Victor Klemperer respond to his brother's advice after considering it?

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

5. What dominates much of Victor's diary entries for 1939?

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