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

2. When Klemperer applies to the American Consulate in Berlin, what number is he given when he is assigned to the immigrant waiting list?

3. As Klemperer reads accounts of France and England's negotiations and compromises with Germany, he is especially disgusted with _____________'s compliant negotiations.

4. What makes food and commercial items increasingly difficult to obtain as 1939 progresses?

5. Whom do the newspapers give the responsibility of breeding Nordic-blooded individuals to escape the taint of Jewry?

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. 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?

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

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

5. In October 1938, Klemperer falls ill and makes a trip to Berlin. Why does he make this trip, and why is it dangerous?

6. 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?

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

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

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

10. In 1938, the Klemperers make a surprise visit to Grete on her birthday. During this visit, what or who do Grete and Victor reminisce about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the following two concepts:

a) Klemperer's 1938 conclusion that Hitler is a political genius and that the viable existence of German Jews is decidedly short-lived

b) Klemperer's previous years' conclusions about Hitler, the viability of the Nazi Party, and the existence of German Jews.

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

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.

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