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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the purpose of the yellow sign that the government puts on Klemperer's fence corners?
(a) It announces that the property belongs to a mixed-race couple.
(b) It announces that the property belongs to a Jew.
(c) It announces that the property is for sale.
(d) It announces that the property is under construction.

3. Which of the following countries is NOT one of those the Nazis first occupy in 1940?
(a) Denmark.
(b) Norway.
(c) Belgium.
(d) Poland.

4. How large is the apartment the Klemperers secure in the Dresden ghetto?
(a) Two rooms.
(b) One room.
(c) Three rooms.
(d) Two stories.

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

6. In his entries of 1939, Victor Klemperer spends some time pondering the relationship between Jews and:
(a) Other European nations.
(b) Protestants.
(c) The historic German nation.
(d) The Vatican.

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

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

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

10. The Nazis call the invasion of which country off?
(a) Poland.
(b) The United States.
(c) England.
(d) Spain.

11. 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.

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

13. In 1937, on which book does Klemperer continue to work?
(a) I Shall Bear Witness.
(b) LTI.
(c) Fatherland.
(d) The Eighteenth Century.

14. What happens to Victor's sister, Grete, after she suffers a mental collapse and a heart attack?
(a) She is placed in a nursing home.
(b) She is sent to the hospital.
(c) She is placed in a sanatorium.
(d) She is sent to Buchenwald and put to death.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month of 1940 does Klemperer send his stamp collection and important papers to his friend Annemarie for safeguarding?

2. Why does Klemperer begin to send out job applications to other countries?

3. In October 1938, when Victor becomes ill, why can't he obtain medical attention?

4. Most of the Jews in the ghetto consider an amphibious landing in England:

5. What does Klemperer call the building in which their apartment is located?

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