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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what month of 1940 does Klemperer send his stamp collection and important papers to his friend Annemarie for safeguarding?
(a) March.
(b) April.
(c) May.
(d) December.

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

3. For most of 1937, Klemperer finds himself believing that most Germans have always been somewhat ____________.
(a) Nationalistic.
(b) Anti-Semitic.
(c) Isolationist.
(d) Pan-European.

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

5. In addition to Jews and Catholics, what group of people comes under discrimination in 1938?
(a) Ministers.
(b) Missionaries.
(c) Lutherans.
(d) Methodists.

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

7. By the end of 1940, clothing has become so scarce that:
(a) People are dying from exposure due to lack of proper clothes.
(b) The ill are stripped before admission to the hospital.
(c) The recently deceased are stripped before being cremated.
(d) People are dressing in flour sacks.

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

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

10. By the middle of 1937, Victor and Eva are taking long country drives for what purpose?
(a) To search for retail items.
(b) To discuss escape plans.
(c) Pleasure.
(d) To see relatives.

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

12. Which of Victor's relatives dies in October 1937?
(a) Grete, his sister.
(b) Maria, his sister-in-law.
(c) Eva, his wife.
(d) Georg, his brother.

13. What does Klemperer call the building in which their apartment is located?
(a) The Dresden Dump.
(b) The Hitler House.
(c) The Jews' House.
(d) The Ghetto.

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

15. 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 the hospital.
(c) She is placed in a nursing home.
(d) She is sent to Buchenwald and put to death.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In 1939, what is issued to the Jews?

3. How do the Klemperers mitigate maintenance costs?

4. Jewish bank accounts are _____________ and ready cash is seized.

5. Although all of the Klemperers are suffering from ill health and depression in 1940, what specifically happens to Grete?

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