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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 late 1937, Hjalmar Schacht retires as the minister of ____________.
(a) Environment.
(b) War.
(c) Economics.
(d) Health.

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

3. In his entries of 1939, Victor Klemperer spends some time pondering the relationship between Jews and:
(a) The Vatican.
(b) Other European nations.
(c) Protestants.
(d) The historic German nation.

4. 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 for sale.
(d) It announces that the property is under construction.

5. Where are the Klemperers told they will have to live after their house is rented?
(a) The Dresden ghetto.
(b) Their old apartment in Dresden.
(c) The Dölzchen ghetto.
(d) The Berlin ghetto.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of the offices of "science" that the Nazi government establishes?

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

3. What U.S. town does Georg emigrate to?

4. When Hitler visits Italy in 1938, it becomes evident that he is Mussolini's ____________.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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