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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what month of 1939 are the Klemperers notified that, beginning April 1940, their house will be rented to an Aryan?
(a) September.
(b) December.
(c) November.
(d) April.

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

3. Klemperer notes with surprise that many troops are being sent to:
(a) The west.
(b) The south.
(c) The east.
(d) Switzerland.

4. Around which two Russian cities does Klemperer report the Russian resistance is particularly strong?
(a) Moscow and St. Petersburg.
(b) Moscow and Kiev.
(c) St. Petersburg and Leningrad.
(d) Kiev and Leningrad.

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 1937, on which book does Klemperer continue to work?

2. In his entries of 1938, what health problem does Victor fret about?

3. Who accompanies the Klemperers to Berlin?

4. Why does Klemperer receive a reduced-rate retirement payment?

5. In what German city is the Klemperers' apartment located?

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