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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 does Klemperer risk for avoiding giving the Nazi salute during class?
(a) Torture.
(b) Loss of employment.
(c) Death.
(d) Imprisonment.

2. From what does Klemperer's youngest sister, Wally Sussman, die?
(a) Old age.
(b) A heart attack.
(c) Cancer.
(d) A stroke.

3. What was the response to the Nazi party's rise to power, coupled with the poor economic climate of the times?
(a) Burglaries and murders.
(b) Riots and looting.
(c) Demonstrations and assemblies.
(d) Enthusiasm and gratitude.

4. Throughout 1934, many Jews _________ Palestine.
(a) Become disenchanted with.
(b) Establish diplomatic ties to.
(c) Emigrate to.
(d) Support annexation of.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Along with his strongest recommendations to flee Germany, what does Georg give Victor and Eva Klemperer?

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

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

4. As anti-Jew laws become stricter, what is an example of the type of public facilities from which Jews are excluded in 1936?

5. What makes Klemperer break off all contact with the Wieghardts?

Short Essay Questions

1. Toward the end of the year, as the Abyssinian War breaks out in Italy and Jehovah's Witnesses begin being persecuted, Klemperer wonders how long the Hitler government can last. What is the conclusion he comes to?

2. As a university professor, what relationship does Klemperer notice developing between Nazi politics and ideology?

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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