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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 politics.
(c) It is a review of eighteenth-century art.
(d) it is a review of eighteenth-century German history.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. When was Victor born?
(a) October 9, 1881.
(b) October 9, 1882.
(c) July 13, 1882.
(d) July 13, 1881.

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

12. With whom is Klemperer involved in a lawsuit during 1933 and 1934?
(a) His employer.
(b) A publisher.
(c) A student.
(d) A fellow author.

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

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

15. What does Klemperer begin to question as 1933 progresses?
(a) His ability to be considered a Protestant.
(b) His ability to keep his job.
(c) His theory of national characteristics.
(d) His ability to remain in Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. What 1936 event prompts the brief removal of all anti-Semitic references in German media?

2. Hitler proclaims compulsory ______________.

3. In which town have the Klemperers purchased an empty lot?

4. Throughout 1934, many Jews _________ Palestine.

5. With what type of inmates are prisons over-capacity?

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