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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What U.S. town does Betty emigrate to?
(a) Cleveland.
(b) Greenville.
(c) Toledo.
(d) Newtonville.

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

3. As the Nazification of Germany continues in 1935, what is altered to the ancient German names?
(a) The days of the week.
(b) The regions of the country.
(c) The names of the cities and towns.
(d) The names of the months.

4. Bombings occur in the West, then in Berlin, and then occasionally in:
(a) Dusseldorf.
(b) Munich.
(c) Dresden.
(d) Heidelburg.

5. By the end of 1940, clothing has become so scarce that:
(a) People are dying from exposure due to lack of proper clothes.
(b) The ill are stripped before admission to the hospital.
(c) The recently deceased are stripped before being cremated.
(d) People are dressing in flour sacks.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month of 1939 are the Klemperers notified that, beginning April 1940, their house will be rented to an Aryan?

2. As bombardment in western Germany becomes more fierce, refugees from that region begin to move:

3. In addition to Jews and Catholics, what group of people comes under discrimination in 1938?

4. When Klemperer applies to the American Consulate in Berlin, what number is he given when he is assigned to the immigrant waiting list?

5. Along with his strongest recommendations to flee Germany, what does Georg give Victor and Eva Klemperer?

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