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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Bombings occur in the West, then in Berlin, and then occasionally in:
(a) Dusseldorf.
(b) Munich.
(c) Dresden.
(d) Heidelburg.

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

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

7. While in Berlin, Klemperer learns that anti-government elements frequently copy thousands of subversive or censored handbills _______________ and distribute them secretly.
(a) On underground printing presses.
(b) In the United States.
(c) By hand.
(d) At printing companies in neutral countries.

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

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

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

11. What is the purpose of the offices of "science" that the Nazi government establishes?
(a) To develop an atomic weapon.
(b) To develop better propaganda and indoctrination methods.
(c) To help Germans better achieve economic domination.
(d) To explain racial inferiority as a natural law.

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) Chamberlain's.
(c) DeGaulle's.
(d) Churchill's.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. By the end of 1940, clothing has become so scarce that:

2. In his entries of 1939, Victor Klemperer spends some time pondering the relationship between Jews and:

3. What happens to Victor's sister, Grete, after she suffers a mental collapse and a heart attack?

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

5. What other means of saving money does Victor consider but ultimately discard as unworkable?

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