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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. At what point during classes are professors expected to give the Nazi salute?
(a) At the end.
(b) At the beginning.
(c) While giving out homework.
(d) In the middle.

4. When Klemperer's youngest sister, Wally Sussman, dies, in what city is the funeral held?
(a) Bremerhaven.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Munich.
(d) Hamburg.

5. 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.

6. What puts Palestine beyond the reach of many?
(a) It requires immigrants to demonstrate considerable financial net worth.
(b) It requires immigrants to financially destitute themselves in order to apply for residence.
(c) It requires immigrants to convert to Islam.
(d) It does not accept European Jews.

7. Why does Klemperer receive a reduced-rate retirement payment?
(a) He is a convert to Christianity.
(b) He is a veteran of World War I and is a convert to Christianity.
(c) He is a veteran of World War I and is married to an Aryan woman.
(d) He is a veteran of World War I.

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

9. What did groups against whom the Nazis discriminated, if they had wealth or internationally desirable skills, do?
(a) Seek high interest home loans.
(b) Change their identities.
(c) Bribe the government to keep their positions.
(d) Emigrate.

10. The mass _____________ of Jews has had the effect of separating friends and relatives.
(a) Ridicule.
(b) Emigration.
(c) Persecution.
(d) Execution.

11. What work is done on the Klemperers' empty lot through the end of 1933?
(a) A fence is built.
(b) A cellar is excavated.
(c) A vineyard is planted.
(d) A fence is built and a cellar is excavated.

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

13. Toward the end of 1935, ______________ of food and various other materials become common.
(a) Shortages.
(b) Surpluses.
(c) Rationing.
(d) Complete unavailability.

14. Klemperer often deplores ____________ who knowingly support the Hitler government.
(a) Farm coalitions.
(b) Intellectuals.
(c) Bankers.
(d) Jews.

15. Klemperer finds the costs of maintaining the car to be extremely ______________.
(a) High.
(b) Low.
(c) Reasonable.
(d) Moderate.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what level do boycotts of Jewish-supplied goods and services occur during 1933?

2. What race was Helene Meyer, who won the silver medal in fencing for Germany?

3. When was Eva born?

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

5. What makes Klemperer break off all contact with the Wieghardts?

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