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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One of Victor's entries makes note of the establishment of which automaker's factory?
(a) Opel.
(b) Skoda.
(c) Volkswagen.
(d) General Motors.

2. By 1940, war _________ commonplace.
(a) Talk is.
(b) Crimes are.
(c) Profiteering is.
(d) Related viruses are.

3. Where are the Klemperers told they will have to live after their house is rented?
(a) Their old apartment in Dresden.
(b) The Berlin ghetto.
(c) The Dresden ghetto.
(d) The Dölzchen ghetto.

4. In what month of 1939 are the Klemperers notified that, beginning April 1940, their house will be rented to an Aryan?
(a) April.
(b) December.
(c) November.
(d) September.

5. In December 1940, what are Jews ordered to begin wearing?
(a) Yellow yarmulkes.
(b) Yellow jackets.
(c) Yellow armbands.
(d) Yellow shoes.

6. 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.

7. Which local German official begins a program of harassment against the Jews that results in fines levied against the Klemperers for things such as weeds in their yard?
(a) The city manager.
(b) The police chief.
(c) The mayor.
(d) The sheriff.

8. In 1938, Germany annexes __________ in a non-violent political victory known today as the Anschluss.
(a) Austria.
(b) Pomerania.
(c) Poland.
(d) The Sudetenland.

9. Which group does Klemperer say is the object of virulent Nazi messages in 1937?
(a) Catholics.
(b) Jews.
(c) Protestants.
(d) Gypsies.

10. In May, Victor and Eva take a five-day automobile vacation. Which city is their first stop?
(a) Munich.
(b) Stuttgart.
(c) Strausberg.
(d) Dusseldorf.

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

12. In his entries of 1938, what health problem does Victor fret about?
(a) His heart condition.
(b) His eyesight.
(c) Eva's anxiety.
(d) Eva's teeth.

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

14. Jewish bank accounts are _____________ and ready cash is seized.
(a) Signed over to the Palestinian government.
(b) Listed in the official party newspaper.
(c) Divided among heirs.
(d) Frozen.

15. Which concentration camp does Victor report hearing rumors of?
(a) Auschwitz.
(b) Bergen-Belsen.
(c) Mauthausen.
(d) Buchenwald.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When the Klemperers take their second eight-day automobile vacation later in 1937 where do they go?

3. While in Berlin, Klemperer learns that anti-government elements frequently copy thousands of subversive or censored handbills _______________ and distribute them secretly.

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

5. The Nazis call the invasion of which country off?

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