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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. What health condition(s) do both Klemperers appear to have?

2. Klemperer often deplores ____________ who knowingly support the Hitler government.

3. Why is Klemperer's manuscript of The Eighteenth Century rejected?

4. By the end of 1934, which area of Europe votes to attach itself to Germany?

5. With which political ideology is the Klemperers' friend, Gusti Wieghardt, enamored?

Short Essay Questions

1. In pondering the nature of fate, to what does Klemperer compare life?

2. In 1933, how does Klemperer find the German political situation?

3. Klemperer also buys a car, which severely strains his finances. What does he do to pay off his debts?

4. To what does Klemperer compare the politicized and specialized language of the Third Reich?

5. Why did the Klemperers purchase an empty lot in the Dresden suburb of Dölzschen with the intent of building a house?

6. What reason does Klemperer give for the phenomenon of families and friends beginning to lose track of each other as people started to emigrate?

7. What is Victor Klemperer's theory of German national characteristics?

8. Instead of using Georg's money to emigrate, what does Klemperer do with it?

9. Klemperer ends his friendship with Gusti and Karl Weighardt because they criticized his driving skills to others. What is ironic about this decision?

10. What was the significance of the Sturmateilung (SA), the members of which were the primary target of Hitler during the "Night of the Long Knives"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Did the Aryans who chose to keep silent during the early days of Hitler's rise to power, rather than voice their opposition to Hitler and his views, enable and/or tacitly support him by their silence? Analyze and demonstrate why or why not, supporting your arguments with examples from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Considering the financial strain--along with the constant anxiety of being the target of state-sponsored discrimination--Klemperer was experiencing by 1936, what purpose might his diary entries about the minutiae of driving have served him? Support your explanation with examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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