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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through '1935'.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Eva and Victor are between what ages, respectively, during 1933?
(a) 61 and 52.
(b) 60 and 50.
(c) 52 and 61.
(d) 50 and 60.

2. In which town have the Klemperers purchased an empty lot?
(a) Stuttgart.
(b) Dölzschen.
(c) Stettin.
(d) Strausberg.

3. Why do family members and friends among the groups who are discriminated against by the Nazis begin to lose track of each other?
(a) Writing letters becomes forbidden.
(b) Writing letters and making telephone calls becomes politically dangerous.
(c) Writing letters and making telephone calls becomes forbidden.
(d) Making telephone calls becomes too expensive.

4. With whom is Klemperer involved in a lawsuit during 1933 and 1934?
(a) His employer.
(b) A fellow author.
(c) A student.
(d) A publisher.

5. In July 1934, in whose favor is Klemperer's lawsuit settled?
(a) It is split between both parties.
(b) It isn't settled; it is thrown out of court.
(c) Klemperer's.
(d) The defendant's.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Klemperer come up with the money to pay for the initial rounds of construction on his house?

2. What does Klemperer teach at the university where he works?

3. When Paul von Hindenburg dies in August 1934, which office does Hitler assume in addition to that of Chancellor?

4. Which of the following countries is NOT one of the destinations favored by Jews emigrating from Germany in 1934?

5. What happens to the books that the university library has to surrender to the authorities when said books are deemed to have failed censorship or not be fit for the average person?

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