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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. In addition to Jews and Catholics, what group of people comes under discrimination in 1938?
(a) Methodists.
(b) Lutherans.
(c) Missionaries.
(d) Ministers.

2. What is the purpose of the yellow sign that the government puts on Klemperer's fence corners?
(a) It announces that the property belongs to a Jew.
(b) It announces that the property belongs to a mixed-race couple.
(c) It announces that the property is under construction.
(d) It announces that the property is for sale.

3. Credible rumors circulate that Jews in occupied __________ are treated very severely.
(a) Yugoslavia.
(b) Holland.
(c) Czechoslovakia.
(d) Poland.

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

5. In his entries of 1938, what health problem does Victor fret about?
(a) Eva's anxiety.
(b) His heart condition.
(c) His eyesight.
(d) Eva's teeth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom do the newspapers give the responsibility of breeding Nordic-blooded individuals to escape the taint of Jewry?

2. What does Victor begin doing with his personal items?

3. Which major World War II battle begins in 1940?

4. Why does Klemperer speculate and report rumor and innuendo instead of actual news?

5. In 1937, on which book does Klemperer continue to work?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. As 1938 progresses, what form of resistance against the Nazis is occasionally reported?

3. After making inquiries into emigration during 1939, what does Klemperer conclude about his efforts to leave Germany?

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

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

6. Why does the Nazi regime imposes a 'billion-Mark' fine on Jewish citizens in 1938?

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

8. In 1937, what is the conclusion that Klemperer draws about Hitler and the resilience of the Nazis?

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

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

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