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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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?
(a) The city manager.
(b) The police chief.
(c) The sheriff.
(d) The mayor.

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

6. Where are the Klemperers told they will have to live after their house is rented?
(a) The Berlin ghetto.
(b) The Dresden ghetto.
(c) The Dölzchen ghetto.
(d) Their old apartment in Dresden.

7. One of Victor's entries makes note of the establishment of which automaker's factory?
(a) Opel.
(b) Skoda.
(c) General Motors.
(d) Volkswagen.

8. How do the Klemperers mitigate maintenance costs?
(a) Eva serves as an amateur mechanic.
(b) The Klemperers' neighbor, who is a mechanic, does most of the work on their car.
(c) Victor serves as an amateur mechanic.
(d) The Klemperers neglect all but the most major mechanical needs.

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

10. What does Klemperer call the building in which their apartment is located?
(a) The Dresden Dump.
(b) The Hitler House.
(c) The Jews' House.
(d) The Ghetto.

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

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

13. By the end of 1940, clothing has become so scarce that:
(a) People are dying from exposure due to lack of proper clothes.
(b) The recently deceased are stripped before being cremated.
(c) People are dressing in flour sacks.
(d) The ill are stripped before admission to the hospital.

14. In October 1938, when Victor becomes ill, why can't he obtain medical attention?
(a) Because he is in a mixed-race marriage.
(b) Because he is a Jew.
(c) Because he has no insurance.
(d) Because he has no money.

15. In what month of 1940 does Klemperer send his stamp collection and important papers to his friend Annemarie for safeguarding?
(a) May.
(b) March.
(c) December.
(d) April.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In late 1937, Hjalmar Schacht retires as the minister of ____________.

3. What is the purpose of the offices of "science" that the Nazi government establishes?

4. Why does Klemperer speculate and report rumor and innuendo instead of actual news?

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

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