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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. Whose fascist regime does Nazi Germany begin to support in 1937?
(a) Vichy.
(b) Franco.
(c) Mussolini.
(d) Tito.

2. In December 1940, what are Jews ordered to begin wearing?
(a) Yellow jackets.
(b) Yellow yarmulkes.
(c) Yellow shoes.
(d) Yellow armbands.

3. What U.S. town does Betty emigrate to?
(a) Toledo.
(b) Greenville.
(c) Newtonville.
(d) Cleveland.

4. By the end of 1940, clothing has become so scarce that:
(a) The ill are stripped before admission to the hospital.
(b) People are dying from exposure due to lack of proper clothes.
(c) The recently deceased are stripped before being cremated.
(d) People are dressing in flour sacks.

5. During 1940, so-called mixed-race Jews, who were previously allowed in the military, are:
(a) Excluded and treated as Jews.
(b) Granted amnesty and given non-Jewish surnames.
(c) Sent to the ghettos.
(d) Sent to the concentration camps.

Short Answer Questions

1. One of Victor's entries makes note of the establishment of which automaker's factory?

2. When the Klemperers take their second eight-day automobile vacation later in 1937 where do they go?

3. In late 1937, Hjalmar Schacht retires as the minister of ____________.

4. What is the purpose of the yellow sign that the government puts on Klemperer's fence corners?

5. In May, Victor and Eva take a five-day automobile vacation. Which city is their first stop?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Klemperer says that during 1940 the black market flourishes and that war profiteering is commonplace. What does this mean in terms of day-to-day personal and business transactions?

3. In 1938, the Klemperers make a surprise visit to Grete on her birthday. During this visit, what or who do Grete and Victor reminisce about?

4. In what part of 1940 does the expansion in scope of the war become particularly marked?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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