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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what German city is the Klemperers' apartment located?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Dresden.
(c) Dölzschen.
(d) Nuremberg.

2. What city does Gusti Weighardt write the Klemperers she is moving to?
(a) Amsterdam.
(b) Edinburgh.
(c) London.
(d) Dublin.

3. Before his discharge from the army, where did Klemperer serve?
(a) In a tank.
(b) On the front lines.
(c) In a hospital.
(d) Behind a desk.

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

5. In which city does Klemperer note that Jews are rumored to have been forcibly relocated to ghettos?
(a) Cologne.
(b) Baumholder.
(c) Hamburg.
(d) Berlin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Klemperer use for the first time (on April 9, 1939) to describe the German-Italian alliance?

2. When Paul von Hindenburg dies in August 1934, which office does Hitler assume in addition to that of Chancellor?

3. As Klemperer reads accounts of France and England's negotiations and compromises with Germany, he is especially disgusted with _____________'s compliant negotiations.

4. What happens to Victor's sister, Grete, after she suffers a mental collapse and a heart attack?

5. Although all of the Klemperers are suffering from ill health and depression in 1940, what specifically happens to Grete?

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