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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many times does Georg send the Klemperers money in 1938?
(a) Three.
(b) Six.
(c) One.
(d) Four.

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

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

4. By what name is the November 1938 pogrom conducted by the Nazis commonly referred to?
(a) The Night of the Long Knives.
(b) The Shoah.
(c) The Catastrophe.
(d) Kristallnacht.

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

6. Some bombings are particularly devastating to Berlin and:
(a) Hamburg.
(b) Bonn.
(c) Nuremberg.
(d) Strausberg.

7. During 1940, so-called mixed-race Jews, who were previously allowed in the military, are:
(a) Sent to the ghettos.
(b) Excluded and treated as Jews.
(c) Granted amnesty and given non-Jewish surnames.
(d) Sent to the concentration camps.

8. When the Klemperers take their second eight-day automobile vacation later in 1937 where do they go?
(a) The Mediterranean.
(b) The Aegean.
(c) The Baltic Sea.
(d) The North Sea.

9. Most of the Jews in the ghetto consider an amphibious landing in England:
(a) A huge risk, but worth the attempt.
(b) Absolutely possible.
(c) Completely impossible.
(d) The only way to end the war.

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

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

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

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

14. What does nearly every Jew remaining in Germany, including the Klemperers, try to do in response to the rumors of ghettos?
(a) Join the resistance.
(b) Emigrate.
(c) Kill themselves.
(d) Hide in neighbors' attics and basements.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Klemperer use for the first time (on April 9, 1939) to describe the German-Italian alliance?

2. What makes food and commercial items increasingly difficult to obtain as 1939 progresses?

3. One of Victor's entries makes note of the establishment of which automaker's factory?

4. What dominates much of Victor's diary entries for 1939?

5. In addition to continuing dental problems, what health problem does Eva suffer from during 1937?

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