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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. What type of expensive medical care does Eva require in 1934?
(a) In-patient mental care.
(b) Open-heart surgery.
(c) Dental work.
(d) A liver transplant.

2. Hitler proclaims compulsory ______________.
(a) Work camps.
(b) Military service.
(c) Church attendance.
(d) Indoctrination classes.

3. What puts Palestine beyond the reach of many?
(a) It requires immigrants to demonstrate considerable financial net worth.
(b) It requires immigrants to financially destitute themselves in order to apply for residence.
(c) It requires immigrants to convert to Islam.
(d) It does not accept European Jews.

4. What does Klemperer report about his wife, Eva's, health?
(a) She is confined to a wheelchair.
(b) She is generally healthy but occasionally falls ill.
(c) She is very healthy and never gets sick.
(d) She is infirm and sickly on a nearly daily basis.

5. Klemperer mistakenly believes the Night of the Long Knives demonstrates what?
(a) The essential strength of Hitler's government.
(b) The essential weakness of Hitler's government.
(c) The extent of Hitler's paranoia.
(d) His theory of German character is incorrect.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of medical treatments does Eva undergo?

2. When was Victor born?

3. What is one interesting example of Nazi indoctrination noted by Klemperer in his 1936 entries?

4. To which location does Georg Klemperer first emigrate after the Nazis strip Jews of their citizenship and rights?

5. What race was Helene Meyer, who won the silver medal in fencing for Germany?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Nazism in Germany during 1934, according to Klemperer?

2. Instead of using Georg's money to emigrate, what does Klemperer do with it?

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

4. In a July diary entry, what does Klemperer wonder about himself?

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

6. 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"?

7. Klemperer is amazed that many Jews accept the Nazis. What does he say that Jews' overall belief is regarding what life will be like once the Nazis' anti-Semitic program is fully established?

8. When Klemperer is let go from his job, his pension is cut and he complains about the reduced pay. What will he eventually think of his pensioned status, and why?

9. Upon what--and for what reason--is the lawsuit between Klemperer and his publisher based?

10. When Klemperer receives letters from friends and family who have emigrated and have found success, he is both happy for and envious of them. What is the reason for Klemperer's envy?

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