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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In late 1937, Hjalmar Schacht retires as the minister of ____________.
(a) Economics.
(b) War.
(c) Environment.
(d) Health.

2. What U.S. town does Betty emigrate to?
(a) Newtonville.
(b) Toledo.
(c) Cleveland.
(d) Greenville.

3. What city does Gusti Weighardt write the Klemperers she is moving to?
(a) Amsterdam.
(b) London.
(c) Edinburgh.
(d) Dublin.

4. Jews face much stricter rationing than ___________.
(a) All other Europeans.
(b) Catholics.
(c) Aryans.
(d) Any other race.

5. What does Klemperer expect in the wake of the assassination attempt that does not seem to materialize?
(a) Additional anti-Jew laws.
(b) Immediate anti-Semitic reprisals.
(c) Deportation to concentration camps.
(d) Forced relocation to ghettos.

6. What happens to Victor's sister, Grete, after she suffers a mental collapse and a heart attack?
(a) She is placed in a sanatorium.
(b) She is sent to Buchenwald and put to death.
(c) She is sent to the hospital.
(d) She is placed in a nursing home.

7. In 1938, _____________ is partitioned and Germany claims a huge part of the country.
(a) Austria.
(b) Czechoslovakia.
(c) Greece.
(d) Yugoslavia.

8. When the police search the Klemperers' home in November, what besides books is taken?
(a) Eva's jewelry.
(b) Victor's saber, which he carried in World War I.
(c) Victor's automobile.
(d) Victor's musket, which he carried in World War I.

9. In 1937, on which book does Klemperer continue to work?
(a) The Eighteenth Century.
(b) LTI.
(c) Fatherland.
(d) I Shall Bear Witness.

10. Which tragedy does Klemperer believe reflects poorly on Hitler's government?
(a) The sinking of the Bismarck.
(b) The Black Famine.
(c) The natural gas explosion in New London, Texas.
(d) The crashing of the Hindenburg.

11. What U.S. town does Georg emigrate to?
(a) Greenville.
(b) Newville.
(c) New Philadelphia.
(d) Newtonville.

12. As bombardment in western Germany becomes more fierce, refugees from that region begin to move:
(a) West.
(b) East.
(c) North.
(d) South.

13. Why does Klemperer speculate and report rumor and innuendo instead of actual news?
(a) He doesn't trust the official news media.
(b) Jews aren't allowed to listen to the radio.
(c) There is a nationwide news blackout.
(d) Jews aren't allowed to read the newspapers.

14. Whose fascist regime does Nazi Germany begin to support in 1937?
(a) Tito.
(b) Mussolini.
(c) Vichy.
(d) Franco.

15. When Klemperer applies to the American Consulate in Berlin, what number is he given when he is assigned to the immigrant waiting list?
(a) 52,649.
(b) 56,429.
(c) 56,249.
(d) 52.469.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Victor's relatives dies in October 1937?

2. Klemperer notes with surprise that many troops are being sent to:

3. What is the purpose of the offices of "science" that the Nazi government establishes?

4. When Hitler visits Italy in 1938, it becomes evident that he is Mussolini's ____________.

5. Which two countries enter the war in 1939, along with Poland?

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