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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the truth about the voluntary Nazi political-fund drives?
(a) They are a de facto party membership fee.
(b) They are indeed voluntary.
(c) They are a de facto mandatory tax.
(d) Jews' participation is mandatory; Aryans' participation is voluntary.

2. ___________ worries consume Klemperer in nearly every diary entry of 1936.
(a) Financial.
(b) Political.
(c) Persecution.
(d) Health.

3. For what reason was Klemperer discharged from the army?
(a) He deserted.
(b) He was discharged for medical reasons.
(c) He was discharged because his enlistment period had expired.
(d) He was dishonorably discharged.

4. What is the political orientation of the few newspapers that publish 'real' news?
(a) Prime-Time.
(b) Left.
(c) Moderate.
(d) Right.

5. Both Victor and Eva appear to be _____________ much of the time in the entries written in 1936.
(a) Angry.
(b) Fearful.
(c) Depressed.
(d) Anxious.

6. What happens to Klemperer's position after he leaves it?
(a) It is filled by another Jew.
(b) It is not filled.
(c) It remains open but is not filled.
(d) It is filled by a non-Jew.

7. The politicized and specialized language of ________________ continues to seep into common, everyday usage.
(a) Marxism.
(b) The Führer.
(c) The Third Reich.
(d) Nazism.

8. What was the response to the Nazi party's rise to power, coupled with the poor economic climate of the times?
(a) Riots and looting.
(b) Enthusiasm and gratitude.
(c) Demonstrations and assemblies.
(d) Burglaries and murders.

9. What is the topic of Klemperer's book, The Eighteenth Century?
(a) It is a review of eighteenth-century art.
(b) It is a review of eighteenth-century literature.
(c) it is a review of eighteenth-century German history.
(d) It is a review of eighteenth-century politics.

10. Who was killed during the Night of the Long Knives?
(a) Jews.
(b) Gypsies.
(c) Former acquaintances and allies of Heidelberg.
(d) Former acquaintances and allies of Hitler.

11. In which town have the Klemperers purchased an empty lot?
(a) Stuttgart.
(b) Dölzschen.
(c) Strausberg.
(d) Stettin.

12. What health condition(s) do both Klemperers appear to have?
(a) Depression and hypochondria.
(b) Hypertension.
(c) Anxiety and diabetes.
(d) Malnourishment.

13. What does Klemperer teach at the university where he works?
(a) History and Renaissance literature.
(b) Romance literature and political science.
(c) Philology and romance literature.
(d) Philology and history.

14. What race was Helene Meyer, who won the silver medal in fencing for Germany?
(a) Slavic.
(b) Aryan.
(c) Black.
(d) Jewish.

15. Victor Klemperer, the diarist, is a ___________ who has converted to _________.
(a) Jew; Catholicism.
(b) Jew; Protestantism.
(c) Protestant; Judaism.
(d) Catholic; Judaism.

Short Answer Questions

1. When school resumes in November, what happens to Klemperer's career?

2. What type of expensive medical care does Eva require in 1934?

3. What type of medical treatments does Eva undergo?

4. How much of the retirement pay that they had worked for do Catholics, Communists, and Jews who lose their jobs get?

5. In what month does Klemperer receive his driving permit?

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