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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 makes food and commercial items increasingly difficult to obtain as 1939 progresses?
(a) The Russian embargo.
(b) The Swedish embargo.
(c) The English blockade.
(d) The American blockade.

2. By 1940, war _________ commonplace.
(a) Talk is.
(b) Related viruses are.
(c) Crimes are.
(d) Profiteering is.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which group does Klemperer say is the object of virulent Nazi messages in 1937?

2. Which concentration camp does Victor report hearing rumors of?

3. In November 1939, an unsuccessful attempt is made to assassinate:

4. What does nearly every Jew remaining in Germany, including the Klemperers, try to do in response to the rumors of ghettos?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What country's civil war is still ongoing throughout 1937?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Some of Klemperer's diary entries after his move to the ghetto note appreciation for the smallest things in life. What are some examples of small things for which Klemperer expresses his appreciation?

10. 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?

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