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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) Environment.
(b) Health.
(c) Economics.
(d) War.

2. In the middle of 1938, Jews are required to make their name 'Jewish' for easy identification. What does Victor begin calling himself in order to comply with this requirement?
(a) Israel-Victor.
(b) Victor-Jude.
(c) Victor-Israel.
(d) Jude-Victor.

3. In 1939, what is issued to the Jews?
(a) The dates on which they must move to the nearest ghetto.
(b) Special 'Jew' identity cards.
(c) Special 'Jew' armbands.
(d) Rationing cards.

4. Who accompanies the Klemperers to Berlin?
(a) Grete.
(b) Gusti.
(c) Georg.
(d) Betty.

5. In addition to continuing dental problems, what health problem does Eva suffer from during 1937?
(a) Endometriosis.
(b) Ulcers.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Nervousness.

6. Although all of the Klemperers are suffering from ill health and depression in 1940, what specifically happens to Grete?
(a) She falls and breaks her arm, which is soon very badly infected.
(b) She becomes so depressed she stops talking altogether.
(c) She switches from fits of hysteria and almost unconsiousness on a daily basis.
(d) She suffers a mental breakdown and has to be hospitalized.

7. What is the purpose of the yellow sign that the government puts on Klemperer's fence corners?
(a) It announces that the property is under construction.
(b) It announces that the property is for sale.
(c) It announces that the property belongs to a mixed-race couple.
(d) It announces that the property belongs to a Jew.

8. What does Victor begin doing with his personal items?
(a) Selling them in yard sales.
(b) Giving them away.
(c) Selling them to pawnbrokers.
(d) Packing them in preparation for the move.

9. How large is the apartment the Klemperers secure in the Dresden ghetto?
(a) Two stories.
(b) One room.
(c) Three rooms.
(d) Two rooms.

10. What word does Klemperer use for the first time (on April 9, 1939) to describe the German-Italian alliance?
(a) Axis.
(b) Prusso-Italian Coalition.
(c) Allies.
(d) Italo-Prussian Alliance.

11. In November 1939, an unsuccessful attempt is made to assassinate:
(a) Göring.
(b) Himmler.
(c) Rommel.
(d) Hitler.

12. Which major World War II battle begins in 1940?
(a) The Battle of Leyte Gulf.
(b) The Battle of Midway.
(c) The invasion of Normandy.
(d) The Battle of Britain.

13. Credible rumors circulate that Jews in occupied __________ are treated very severely.
(a) Poland.
(b) Holland.
(c) Czechoslovakia.
(d) Yugoslavia.

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

15. As Klemperer reads accounts of France and England's negotiations and compromises with Germany, he is especially disgusted with _____________'s compliant negotiations.
(a) DeGaulle's.
(b) Roosevelt's.
(c) Churchill's.
(d) Chamberlain's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom do the newspapers give the responsibility of breeding Nordic-blooded individuals to escape the taint of Jewry?

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

3. What U.S. town does Betty emigrate to?

4. In May, Victor and Eva take a five-day automobile vacation. Which city is their first stop?

5. What does Klemperer call the building in which their apartment is located?

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