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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much of the retirement pay that they had worked for do Catholics, Communists, and Jews who lose their jobs get?
(a) None.
(b) Full retirement pay.
(c) Half retirement pay.
(d) One-third retirement pay.

2. What work is done on the Klemperers' empty lot through the end of 1933?
(a) A fence is built and a cellar is excavated.
(b) A vineyard is planted.
(c) A fence is built.
(d) A cellar is excavated.

3. What type of marriages are prohibited?
(a) International.
(b) Inter-racial.
(c) Inter-faith.
(d) Anything other than civil marriages.

4. Which war begins in August 1936?
(a) The Crimean War.
(b) The French Revolution.
(c) World War II.
(d) The Spanish Civil War.

5. What does Klemperer teach at the university where he works?
(a) Philology and romance literature.
(b) History and Renaissance literature.
(c) Romance literature and political science.
(d) Philology and history.

Short Answer Questions

1. Klemperer finds the costs of maintaining the car to be extremely ______________.

2. To what organization, if any, did the people killed during the Night of the Long Knives belong?

3. What type of medical treatments does Eva undergo?

4. During which war did Klemperer serve in the German armed forces?

5. Klemperer mistakenly believes the Night of the Long Knives demonstrates what?

Short Essay Questions

1. In 1933, Klemperer notes that many Catholics, Communists, and Jews who are wealthy or who have internationally marketable skills emigrate. What is life like for members of these groups who remain in Germany?

2. What does Klemperer note seems to be happening with the politicized and specialized language of the Third Reich during 1935?

3. In mid-May 1936, what change does Klemperer make in his diary?

4. To what does Klemperer compare the politicized and specialized language of the Third Reich?

5. When Klemperer receives his driving permit in January 1936, what emotions does he experience?

6. In 1933, what kind of news fills the mainstream papers in Germany?

7. Why did the Klemperers purchase an empty lot in the Dresden suburb of Dölzschen with the intent of building a house?

8. As 1933 progresses, on what level and how frequently are Jewish-supplied goods and services boycotted?

9. When Georg, Victor Klemperer's brother, sends him money to emigrate, Victor decides not to. Why?

10. What was the significance of the Sturmateilung (SA), the members of which were the primary target of Hitler during the "Night of the Long Knives"?

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