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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In which city does Klemperer note that Jews are rumored to have been forcibly relocated to ghettos?
(a) Baumholder.
(b) Hamburg.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Cologne.

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

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

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

7. Whom do the newspapers give the responsibility of breeding Nordic-blooded individuals to escape the taint of Jewry?
(a) The SA.
(b) The SS.
(c) The Gestapo.
(d) The Hitler Youth.

8. When Klemperer applies to the American Consulate in Berlin, what number is he given when he is assigned to the immigrant waiting list?
(a) 56,249.
(b) 52,649.
(c) 56,429.
(d) 52.469.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the police search the Klemperers' home in November, what besides books is taken?

2. In addition to Jews and Catholics, what group of people comes under discrimination in 1938?

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

4. 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?

5. What does Klemperer expect in the wake of the assassination attempt that does not seem to materialize?

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