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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what month does Klemperer receive his driving permit?
(a) July.
(b) March.
(c) June.
(d) January.

2. Before his discharge from the army, where did Klemperer serve?
(a) In a tank.
(b) Behind a desk.
(c) In a hospital.
(d) On the front lines.

3. 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) One-third retirement pay.
(c) Full retirement pay.
(d) None.

4. Why does Klemperer receive a reduced-rate retirement payment?
(a) He is a veteran of World War I.
(b) He 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 and is a convert to Christianity.

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

6. For what reason was Klemperer discharged from the army?
(a) He deserted.
(b) He was discharged because his enlistment period had expired.
(c) He was discharged for medical reasons.
(d) He was dishonorably discharged.

7. How does Klemperer come up with the money to pay for the initial rounds of construction on his house?
(a) He secures a house loan.
(b) He closes out a savings account.
(c) He comes into an inheritance.
(d) His brother Georg makes him a financial gift.

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

9. In what month of 1934 do the Klemperers move into their home in Dölzschen?
(a) November.
(b) April.
(c) January.
(d) October.

10. What about many Jews' attitude towards the Nazis amazes Klemperer?
(a) They want to join the Nazi party.
(b) They want to become Communists as a sign of protest.
(c) They accept them.
(d) They agree with them.

11. What makes Klemperer break off all contact with the Wieghardts?
(a) Their criticism of his driving skills.
(b) Their criticism of his political views.
(c) Their political views.
(d) They become members of the Nazi party.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Throughout 1934, many Jews _________ Palestine.

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

3. What does Klemperer believe will defeat the Nazis' anti-Semitism?

4. What happens to the books that the university library has to surrender to the authorities when said books are deemed to have failed censorship or not be fit for the average person?

5. In what German city is the Klemperers' apartment located?

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