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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Eva and Victor are between what ages, respectively, during 1933?
(a) 61 and 52.
(b) 52 and 61.
(c) 50 and 60.
(d) 60 and 50.

2. From what does Klemperer's youngest sister, Wally Sussman, die?
(a) A heart attack.
(b) Old age.
(c) A stroke.
(d) Cancer.

3. When he becomes Chancellor of Germany, Hitler's ______________ rhetoric becomes central to national politics.
(a) Pan-European.
(b) Pro-Active.
(c) Anti-Semitic.
(d) Pro-Trade.

4. As anti-Jew laws become stricter, what is an example of the type of public facilities from which Jews are excluded in 1936?
(a) Police offices.
(b) Grocery stores.
(c) Restaurants.
(d) Public reading rooms.

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

6. As the Nazification of Germany continues in 1935, what is altered to the ancient German names?
(a) The names of the months.
(b) The names of the cities and towns.
(c) The regions of the country.
(d) The days of the week.

7. Klemperer's wife, Eva, is _____________.
(a) Jewish and Semitic.
(b) Protestant and black.
(c) Non-Jewish and Aryan.
(d) Catholic and Aryan.

8. Which of the following countries is NOT one of the destinations favored by Jews emigrating from Germany in 1934?
(a) Poland.
(b) The Soviet Union.
(c) Palestine.
(d) The United States.

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

10. When school resumes in November, what happens to Klemperer's career?
(a) He returns to the lecture circuit.
(b) He receives a promotion.
(c) He retires.
(d) He receives a termination notice.

11. Why do family members and friends among the groups who are discriminated against by the Nazis begin to lose track of each other?
(a) Writing letters and making telephone calls becomes politically dangerous.
(b) Writing letters and making telephone calls becomes forbidden.
(c) Writing letters becomes forbidden.
(d) Making telephone calls becomes too expensive.

12. Hitler proclaims compulsory ______________.
(a) Indoctrination classes.
(b) Work camps.
(c) Military service.
(d) Church attendance.

13. What is the "Night of the Long Knives" referred to as by Klemperer?
(a) The Röhm Revolt.
(b) The Anschluss.
(c) The Kristallnacht.
(d) The Shoah.

14. What type of marriages are prohibited?
(a) International.
(b) Inter-racial.
(c) Anything other than civil marriages.
(d) Inter-faith.

15. What illness does Victor contract during 1935?
(a) Influenza.
(b) Polio.
(c) Measles.
(d) Dysentery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What opinion does Klemperer say most of his Aryan friends and associates have of the Nazis?

2. Klemperer finds the costs of maintaining the car to be extremely ______________.

3. With which political ideology is the Klemperers' friend, Gusti Wieghardt, enamored?

4. What was the name of the 1935 law that deprived German Jews of their citizenship and rights?

5. Throughout 1934, many Jews _________ Palestine.

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