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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the books that the university library has to surrender to the authorities when said books are deemed to have failed censorship or not be fit for the average person?
(a) They are heavily censored and the authors are forced into Nazi re-education classes.
(b) They are destroyed and the authors are arrested for treason.
(c) They are heavily censored and then returned to the university.
(d) They are destroyed and the university receives no compensation.

2. In December 1940, what are Jews ordered to begin wearing?
(a) Yellow jackets.
(b) Yellow armbands.
(c) Yellow yarmulkes.
(d) Yellow shoes.

3. In November 1939, an unsuccessful attempt is made to assassinate:
(a) Hitler.
(b) Rommel.
(c) Himmler.
(d) Göring.

4. In what German city is the Klemperers' apartment located?
(a) Nuremberg.
(b) Dölzschen.
(c) Dresden.
(d) Berlin.

5. What does Klemperer risk for avoiding giving the Nazi salute during class?
(a) Loss of employment.
(b) Death.
(c) Torture.
(d) Imprisonment.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Most of the Jews in the ghetto consider an amphibious landing in England:

3. When the police search the Klemperers' home in November, what besides books is taken?

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

5. What illness does Victor contract during 1935?

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