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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. As anti-Jew laws become stricter, what is an example of the type of public facilities from which Jews are excluded in 1936?
2. Why do family members and friends among the groups who are discriminated against by the Nazis begin to lose track of each other?
3. In what German city is the Klemperers' apartment located?
4. As the Nazification of Germany continues in 1935, what is altered to the ancient German names?
5. What type of medical treatments does Eva undergo?
Short Essay Questions
1. Toward the end of the year, as the Abyssinian War breaks out in Italy and Jehovah's Witnesses begin being persecuted, Klemperer wonders how long the Hitler government can last. What is the conclusion he comes to?
2. Why do the Klemperers appear to be hypochondriacs?
3. Instead of using Georg's money to emigrate, what does Klemperer do with it?
4. In pondering the nature of fate, to what does Klemperer compare life?
5. When Georg, Victor Klemperer's brother, sends him money to emigrate, Victor decides not to. Why?
6. Klemperer ends his friendship with Gusti and Karl Weighardt because they criticized his driving skills to others. What is ironic about this decision?
7. When Klemperer receives his driving permit in January 1936, what emotions does he experience?
8. To what does Klemperer compare the politicized and specialized language of the Third Reich?
9. What reason does Klemperer give for the phenomenon of families and friends beginning to lose track of each other as people started to emigrate?
10. During World War I, where did Victor Klemperer serve during combat?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast Klemperer's belief that an amphibious landing in England is impossible with the successful amphibious landings on D-Day. Use the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 2
In a July 1936 diary entry, Klemperer wonders, "What was I, what am I?" (p. 175). Supporting your arguments from the text, analyze Klemperer's statement and then answer it for him.
Essay Topic 3
Using the text, analyze and explain whether or not the "long view" of events Klemperer presents in his 1941 diary entries shows that he has become resigned to his, and Germany's, situation under Nazism.
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