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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through '1941'.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the purpose of the offices of "science" that the Nazi government establishes?
(a) To develop an atomic weapon.
(b) To develop better propaganda and indoctrination methods.
(c) To explain racial inferiority as a natural law.
(d) To help Germans better achieve economic domination.

3. Why is Klemperer's manuscript of The Eighteenth Century rejected?
(a) Because it is poorly written.
(b) Lack of market interest.
(c) Because he is a Christian.
(d) Because he is a Jew.

4. How large is the apartment the Klemperers secure in the Dresden ghetto?
(a) Two rooms.
(b) One room.
(c) Three rooms.
(d) Two stories.

5. By 1940, war _________ commonplace.
(a) Crimes are.
(b) Profiteering is.
(c) Talk is.
(d) Related viruses are.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Klemperers mitigate maintenance costs?

2. What is the political orientation of the few newspapers that publish 'real' news?

3. What does Klemperer report about his wife, Eva's, health?

4. From what does Klemperer's youngest sister, Wally Sussman, die?

5. In 1938, _____________ is partitioned and Germany claims a huge part of the country.

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