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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 makes Klemperer break off all contact with the Wieghardts?
(a) They become members of the Nazi party.
(b) Their political views.
(c) Their criticism of his driving skills.
(d) Their criticism of his political views.

2. What opinion does Klemperer say most of his Aryan friends and associates have of the Nazis?
(a) They support them.
(b) They are against them.
(c) They are neutral.
(d) They are undecided.

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

4. What about many Jews' attitude towards the Nazis amazes Klemperer?
(a) They agree with them.
(b) They accept them.
(c) They want to join the Nazi party.
(d) They want to become Communists as a sign of protest.

5. In 1935, how are Catholics, Communists, and Jews who are still employed removed from their jobs?
(a) They are asked to resign.
(b) They are offered buyout packages.
(c) They are arrested.
(d) They are fired.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Klemperer teach at the university where he works?

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

3. When Klemperer's youngest sister, Wally Sussman, dies, in what city is the funeral held?

4. ___________ worries consume Klemperer in nearly every diary entry of 1936.

5. What illness does Victor contract during 1935?

Short Essay Questions

1. Klemperer ends his friendship with Gusti and Karl Weighardt because they criticized his driving skills to others. What is ironic about this decision?

2. 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?

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

4. In pondering the nature of fate, to what does Klemperer compare life?

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

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

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

8. 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?

9. During World War I, where did Victor Klemperer serve during combat?

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

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