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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Klemperer report about his wife, Eva's, health?
(a) She is very healthy and never gets sick.
(b) She is generally healthy but occasionally falls ill.
(c) She is confined to a wheelchair.
(d) She is infirm and sickly on a nearly daily basis.

2. In July 1934, in whose favor is Klemperer's lawsuit settled?
(a) Klemperer's.
(b) It isn't settled; it is thrown out of court.
(c) It is split between both parties.
(d) The defendant's.

3. How does the Nazi party come to power in January 1933?
(a) A valid national election.
(b) A workers' revolution.
(c) A rigged national election.
(d) A military coup.

4. What was the name of the 1935 law that deprived German Jews of their citizenship and rights?
(a) The Reich Citizenship Law.
(b) The Reich Laws of Citizenship and Race.
(c) The Nuremberg Laws of Citizenship and Race.
(d) The Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor.

5. What does Klemperer begin to question as 1933 progresses?
(a) His ability to remain in Germany.
(b) His theory of national characteristics.
(c) His ability to keep his job.
(d) His ability to be considered a Protestant.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the topic of Klemperer's book, The Eighteenth Century?

3. To which location does Georg Klemperer first emigrate after the Nazis strip Jews of their citizenship and rights?

4. What does Klemperer risk for avoiding giving the Nazi salute during class?

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

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