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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Which of Victor's relatives dies in October 1937?
(a) Eva, his wife.
(b) Maria, his sister-in-law.
(c) Grete, his sister.
(d) Georg, his brother.

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

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

9. For most of 1937, Klemperer finds himself believing that most Germans have always been somewhat ____________.
(a) Anti-Semitic.
(b) Pan-European.
(c) Isolationist.
(d) Nationalistic.

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

11. In 1939, what is issued to the Jews?
(a) Special 'Jew' armbands.
(b) Rationing cards.
(c) Special 'Jew' identity cards.
(d) The dates on which they must move to the nearest ghetto.

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

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

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

15. What does Klemperer do with the papers he does not send for safekeeping?
(a) Burns them.
(b) Shreds them.
(c) Buries them.
(d) Takes them with him to the ghetto.

Short Answer Questions

1. As bombardment in western Germany becomes more fierce, refugees from that region begin to move:

2. Credible rumors circulate that Jews in occupied __________ are treated very severely.

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

4. By 1940, war _________ commonplace.

5. Which of the following countries is NOT one of those the Nazis first occupy in 1940?

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