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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through '1935'.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In February, what accident are the Klemperers witness to?
(a) A multiple-car collision.
(b) The collapse of a billboard.
(c) The sinking of a passenger ferry.
(d) The collapse of a construction trench.

2. What opinion does Klemperer say most of his Aryan friends and associates have of the Nazis?
(a) They support them.
(b) They are neutral.
(c) They are against them.
(d) They are undecided.

3. Why do family members and friends among the groups who are discriminated against by the Nazis begin to lose track of each other?
(a) Writing letters and making telephone calls becomes forbidden.
(b) Making telephone calls becomes too expensive.
(c) Writing letters and making telephone calls becomes politically dangerous.
(d) Writing letters becomes forbidden.

4. What is the "Night of the Long Knives" referred to as by Klemperer?
(a) The Röhm Revolt.
(b) The Shoah.
(c) The Anschluss.
(d) The Kristallnacht.

5. Klemperer's wife, Eva, is _____________.
(a) Jewish and Semitic.
(b) Protestant and black.
(c) Non-Jewish and Aryan.
(d) Catholic and Aryan.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what reason was Klemperer discharged from the army?

2. To what organization, if any, did the people killed during the Night of the Long Knives belong?

3. What type of medical treatments does Eva undergo?

4. What is the truth about the voluntary Nazi political-fund drives?

5. How does Klemperer come up with the money to pay for the initial rounds of construction on his house?

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