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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 1934 do the Klemperers move into their home in Dölzschen?
(a) April.
(b) November.
(c) October.
(d) January.

2. Which tragedy does Klemperer believe reflects poorly on Hitler's government?
(a) The sinking of the Bismarck.
(b) The Black Famine.
(c) The crashing of the Hindenburg.
(d) The natural gas explosion in New London, Texas.

3. What does Klemperer teach at the university where he works?
(a) History and Renaissance literature.
(b) Romance literature and political science.
(c) Philology and romance literature.
(d) Philology and history.

4. To what organization, if any, did the people killed during the Night of the Long Knives belong?
(a) None.
(b) Sturmabteilung.
(c) Gestapo.
(d) Luftwaffe.

5. For most of 1937, Klemperer finds himself believing that most Germans have always been somewhat ____________.
(a) Nationalistic.
(b) Isolationist.
(c) Anti-Semitic.
(d) Pan-European.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Eva born?

2. Why do family members and friends among the groups who are discriminated against by the Nazis begin to lose track of each other?

3. Klemperer finds the costs of maintaining the car to be extremely ______________.

4. What is one interesting example of Nazi indoctrination noted by Klemperer in his 1936 entries?

5. What type of marriages are prohibited?

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