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

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) September.
(b) April.
(c) December.
(d) November.

2. What happens to Klemperer's position after he leaves it?
(a) It is filled by another Jew.
(b) It is not filled.
(c) It remains open but is not filled.
(d) It is filled by a non-Jew.

3. The government uses various ________ methods to harass Jews and other so-called undesirables.
(a) Social.
(b) Subtle.
(c) Obvious.
(d) Political.

4. Which group of people were not discharged from employment during 1933?
(a) Lutherans.
(b) Communists.
(c) Catholics.
(d) Jews.

5. What race was Helene Meyer, who won the silver medal in fencing for Germany?
(a) Black.
(b) Aryan.
(c) Slavic.
(d) Jewish.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In which city does Klemperer note that Jews are rumored to have been forcibly relocated to ghettos?

4. What makes food and commercial items increasingly difficult to obtain as 1939 progresses?

5. Klemperer notes with surprise that many troops are being sent to:

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