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

2. Jewish bank accounts are _____________ and ready cash is seized.

3. What other means of saving money does Victor consider but ultimately discard as unworkable?

4. As bombardment in western Germany becomes more fierce, refugees from that region begin to move:

5. Where are the Klemperers told they will have to live after their house is rented?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

5. 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?

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

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

8. 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?

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

10. After making inquiries into emigration during 1939, what does Klemperer conclude about his efforts to leave Germany?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Klemperer discounts his skills in several diary entries throughout I Will Bear Witness, believing them to be neither marketable nor viable outside the German education system. Using examples from the book, analyze and demonstrate whether or not Klemperer's self-assessment of his abilities was accurate.

Essay Topic 2

Choose any three of the discriminatory actions legalized by the passage of the Nuremberg Laws of Citizenship and Race and write an essay that analyzes and explains the effect each of the actions that you chose. Explain the effects upon the Jews as well as on non-Jews and the Nazi Party. Use the book to support your statements.

Essay Topic 3

Using the text as your backup, either prove or disprove Klemperer's 1939 statement that Nazi science long ago ceased to correspond to any reality.

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