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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. Bombings occur in the West, then in Berlin, and then occasionally in:
(a) Dresden.
(b) Munich.
(c) Dusseldorf.
(d) Heidelburg.

2. What does nearly every Jew remaining in Germany, including the Klemperers, try to do in response to the rumors of ghettos?
(a) Join the resistance.
(b) Kill themselves.
(c) Hide in neighbors' attics and basements.
(d) Emigrate.

3. What does Klemperer expect in the wake of the assassination attempt that does not seem to materialize?
(a) Additional anti-Jew laws.
(b) Immediate anti-Semitic reprisals.
(c) Deportation to concentration camps.
(d) Forced relocation to ghettos.

4. When the Klemperers take their second eight-day automobile vacation later in 1937 where do they go?
(a) The Baltic Sea.
(b) The North Sea.
(c) The Aegean.
(d) The Mediterranean.

5. While in Berlin, Klemperer learns that anti-government elements frequently copy thousands of subversive or censored handbills _______________ and distribute them secretly.
(a) At printing companies in neutral countries.
(b) In the United States.
(c) On underground printing presses.
(d) By hand.

Short Answer Questions

1. What U.S. town does Betty emigrate to?

2. Klemperer notes with surprise that many troops are being sent to:

3. In addition to Jews and Catholics, what group of people comes under discrimination in 1938?

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

5. For most of 1937, Klemperer finds himself believing that most Germans have always been somewhat ____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. In 1937, Klemperer, as always, worried about money. Despite his worry, what does he realize?

2. The return of what German legion, according to Klemperer, is celebrated in June 1939?

3. 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?

4. Early in 1939, on what book does Klemperer begin to work in earnest?

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

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

7. In October 1938, Klemperer falls ill and makes a trip to Berlin. Why does he make this trip, and why is it dangerous?

8. During a trip to Berlin, what does Klemperer learn that encourages him?

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

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

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