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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. When Hitler visits Italy in 1938, it becomes evident that he is Mussolini's ____________.
(a) Ally.
(b) Rival.
(c) Enemy.
(d) Master.

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

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

4. What U.S. town does Georg emigrate to?
(a) New Philadelphia.
(b) Newville.
(c) Newtonville.
(d) Greenville.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Nazis call the invasion of which country off?

2. By the middle of 1937, Victor and Eva are taking long country drives for what purpose?

3. What dominates much of Victor's diary entries for 1939?

4. Whose fascist regime does Nazi Germany begin to support in 1937?

5. As Klemperer reads accounts of France and England's negotiations and compromises with Germany, he is especially disgusted with _____________'s compliant negotiations.

Short Essay Questions

1. Klemperer spends time during 1939 considering the relationship between Jews and the historic German nation. What is his conclusion?

2. As 1940 progresses, which continent becomes entirely involved in World War II?

3. As Klemperer fights a daily battle with fear, what is one of the frequent thoughts that he says run through his head?

4. In what month of 1940 does the Nazi party take control of the Klemperers' house and evict them?

5. What November 1938 event forced even those Jews who were most resolutely in denial (among them Klemperer) to finally come to terms with the genocidal hatred of Hitler?

6. When the Nazis renovate or make improvements the property they seized from Victor Klemperer, to whom do they send the bill?

7. Whom does Klemperer begin to feel are just like Hitler in their hatred of Jews?

8. For what kinds of property issues do the Klemperers find themselves harassed by the city during 1937?

9. In 1939, what does Klemperer say the purpose of his diary is?

10. What brings Klemperer to believe that most Germans have always been, somewhat, anti-Semitic.

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