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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which war does Italy become involved toward the end of 1935?
(a) The Abyssinian War.
(b) The Balkan War.
(c) World War II.
(d) The Armenian War.

2. How does Victor Klemperer respond to his brother's advice after considering it?
(a) He emigrates immediately.
(b) He can't make up his mind; he is paralyzed by fear.
(c) He declines to emigrate.
(d) He decides to emigrate if the Nazis are still in control in 1936.

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

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

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

6. What does Klemperer's book LTI deal with?
(a) Nazi beliefs.
(b) Nazi officials.
(c) Nazi hierarchy.
(d) Nazi terminology.

7. In 1935, how are Catholics, Communists, and Jews who are still employed removed from their jobs?
(a) They are fired.
(b) They are offered buyout packages.
(c) They are asked to resign.
(d) They are arrested.

8. What has happened to Klemperer's theory of the essential character of the German nation?
(a) He has entirely abandoned it.
(b) He has nearly abandoned it.
(c) He is holding tighter to it than ever.
(d) He is seriously doubting it.

9. In 1935, most of the construction on the new house is complete. In what area of the house does Eva spend most of her time working?
(a) The garden.
(b) The study.
(c) The living room.
(d) The kitchen.

10. Klemperer mistakenly believes the Night of the Long Knives demonstrates what?
(a) His theory of German character is incorrect.
(b) The essential weakness of Hitler's government.
(c) The essential strength of Hitler's government.
(d) The extent of Hitler's paranoia.

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

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

13. In 1935, which religious group begins experiencing persecution, including lengthy prison terms?
(a) Seventh-Day Adventists.
(b) Catholics.
(c) Mormons.
(d) Jehovah's Witnesses.

14. What kind of car does Klemperer buy after receiving his driving permit?
(a) A 1932 Opel.
(b) A 1934 Volvo.
(c) A 1932 Ford.
(d) A 1936 Volkswagen.

15. What piece of office equipment does Victor learn to use in 1935?
(a) A mimeograph machine.
(b) A typewriter.
(c) A telegraph.
(d) A transcription machine.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the Nazification of Germany continues in 1935, what is altered to the ancient German names?

2. Klemperer often deplores ____________ who knowingly support the Hitler government.

3. Before his discharge from the army, where did Klemperer serve?

4. To which location does Georg Klemperer first emigrate after the Nazis strip Jews of their citizenship and rights?

5. When was Eva born?

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