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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. On what level do boycotts of Jewish-supplied goods and services occur during 1933?
(a) National.
(b) International.
(c) Local.
(d) Regional.

3. What does Klemperer believe will defeat the Nazis' anti-Semitism?
(a) Communism.
(b) The Allies.
(c) The German national character.
(d) Christianity.

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

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

6. To which location does Georg Klemperer first emigrate after the Nazis strip Jews of their citizenship and rights?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) Paris.
(c) London.
(d) Rome.

7. What was the name of the 1935 law that deprived German Jews of their citizenship and rights?
(a) The Nuremberg Laws of Citizenship and Race.
(b) The Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor.
(c) The Reich Citizenship Law.
(d) The Reich Laws of Citizenship and Race.

8. What does Klemperer risk for avoiding giving the Nazi salute during class?
(a) Torture.
(b) Imprisonment.
(c) Loss of employment.
(d) Death.

9. What is one interesting example of Nazi indoctrination noted by Klemperer in his 1936 entries?
(a) Propagandistic slogans used as postmarks.
(b) Mein Kampf replacing Bibles in churches and synagogues.
(c) Propagandistic slogans used as fortunes in fortune cookies.
(d) The production of coloring books that indoctrinate children.

10. 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) Burglaries and murders.
(c) Demonstrations and assemblies.
(d) Enthusiasm and gratitude.

11. As of 1936, for how long has Klemperer been unemployed?
(a) One year.
(b) Three years.
(c) Three months.
(d) One month.

12. In February, what accident are the Klemperers witness to?
(a) The sinking of a passenger ferry.
(b) The collapse of a construction trench.
(c) A multiple-car collision.
(d) The collapse of a billboard.

13. What type of expensive medical care does Eva require in 1934?
(a) Open-heart surgery.
(b) In-patient mental care.
(c) Dental work.
(d) A liver transplant.

14. How much of the retirement pay that they had worked for do Catholics, Communists, and Jews who lose their jobs get?
(a) Half retirement pay.
(b) None.
(c) One-third retirement pay.
(d) Full retirement pay.

15. In July 1934, in whose favor is Klemperer's lawsuit settled?
(a) It is split between both parties.
(b) It isn't settled; it is thrown out of court.
(c) Klemperer's.
(d) The defendant's.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the "Night of the Long Knives" referred to as by Klemperer?

4. How does the Nazi party come to power in January 1933?

5. What piece of office equipment does Victor learn to use in 1935?

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