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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through '1938'.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What other means of saving money does Victor consider but ultimately discard as unworkable?
(a) Giving up coffee.
(b) Cancelling his newspaper subscription.
(c) Stopping smoking.
(d) Stopping drinking.

2. What was the response to the Nazi party's rise to power, coupled with the poor economic climate of the times?
(a) Demonstrations and assemblies.
(b) Burglaries and murders.
(c) Enthusiasm and gratitude.
(d) Riots and looting.

3. What is the purpose of the offices of "science" that the Nazi government establishes?
(a) To help Germans better achieve economic domination.
(b) To explain racial inferiority as a natural law.
(c) To develop an atomic weapon.
(d) To develop better propaganda and indoctrination methods.

4. 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?
(a) They are destroyed and the university receives no compensation.
(b) They are heavily censored and then returned to the university.
(c) They are heavily censored and the authors are forced into Nazi re-education classes.
(d) They are destroyed and the authors are arrested for treason.

5. When Klemperer's youngest sister, Wally Sussman, dies, in what city is the funeral held?
(a) Hamburg.
(b) Munich.
(c) Bremerhaven.
(d) Berlin.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When the police search the Klemperers' home in November, what besides books is taken?

3. In the middle of 1938, Jews are required to make their name 'Jewish' for easy identification. What does Victor begin calling himself in order to comply with this requirement?

4. Along with his strongest recommendations to flee Germany, what does Georg give Victor and Eva Klemperer?

5. By the middle of 1937, Victor and Eva are taking long country drives for what purpose?

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