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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 university receives no compensation.
(c) They are destroyed and the authors are arrested for treason.
(d) They are heavily censored and then returned to the university.

2. What does Klemperer call the building in which their apartment is located?
(a) The Dresden Dump.
(b) The Hitler House.
(c) The Jews' House.
(d) The Ghetto.

3. From what does Klemperer's youngest sister, Wally Sussman, die?
(a) A stroke.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Old age.
(d) A heart attack.

4. In 1939, what is issued to the Jews?
(a) Special 'Jew' identity cards.
(b) The dates on which they must move to the nearest ghetto.
(c) Rationing cards.
(d) Special 'Jew' armbands.

5. In his entries of 1939, Victor Klemperer spends some time pondering the relationship between Jews and:
(a) Other European nations.
(b) Protestants.
(c) The historic German nation.
(d) The Vatican.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Klemperer begin to send out job applications to other countries?

2. What puts Palestine beyond the reach of many?

3. What has happened to Klemperer's theory of the essential character of the German nation?

4. In which war does Italy become involved toward the end of 1935?

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

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