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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through '1936'.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During which war did Klemperer serve in the German armed forces?
(a) The German Revolution.
(b) World War I.
(c) Franco-Prussian War.
(d) World War II.

2. In 1935, most of the construction on the new house is complete. In what area of the house does Eva spend most of her time working?
(a) The garden.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The study.
(d) The living room.

3. With which political ideology is the Klemperers' friend, Gusti Wieghardt, enamored?
(a) Parliamentarianism.
(b) Nazism.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Communism.

4. ___________ worries consume Klemperer in nearly every diary entry of 1936.
(a) Financial.
(b) Political.
(c) Persecution.
(d) Health.

5. Throughout 1934, many Jews _________ Palestine.
(a) Emigrate to.
(b) Become disenchanted with.
(c) Support annexation of.
(d) Establish diplomatic ties to.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the response to the Nazi party's rise to power, coupled with the poor economic climate of the times?

2. What is the truth about the voluntary Nazi political-fund drives?

3. Klemperer's wife, Eva, is _____________.

4. When was Eva born?

5. Victor Klemperer, the diarist, is a ___________ who has converted to _________.

(see the answer key)

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