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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1935, which religious group begins experiencing persecution, including lengthy prison terms?
(a) Seventh-Day Adventists.
(b) Jehovah's Witnesses.
(c) Catholics.
(d) Mormons.

2. With what type of inmates are prisons over-capacity?
(a) Non-violent.
(b) White-collar.
(c) Criminal.
(d) Political.

3. What does Klemperer believe will defeat the Nazis' anti-Semitism?
(a) The German national character.
(b) Communism.
(c) The Allies.
(d) Christianity.

4. What has happened to Klemperer's theory of the essential character of the German nation?
(a) He is seriously doubting it.
(b) He has nearly abandoned it.
(c) He has entirely abandoned it.
(d) He is holding tighter to it than ever.

5. When was Victor born?
(a) October 9, 1881.
(b) October 9, 1882.
(c) July 13, 1881.
(d) July 13, 1882.

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

7. 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 and making telephone calls becomes forbidden.
(b) Writing letters becomes forbidden.
(c) Writing letters and making telephone calls becomes politically dangerous.
(d) Making telephone calls becomes too expensive.

8. Who writes the propagandistic articles carried by most media outlets?
(a) Members of the former German government.
(b) Nazi party officials.
(c) Hitler.
(d) The reporters who work for the media outlets.

9. What is the truth about the voluntary Nazi political-fund drives?
(a) Jews' participation is mandatory; Aryans' participation is voluntary.
(b) They are indeed voluntary.
(c) They are a de facto party membership fee.
(d) They are a de facto mandatory tax.

10. To which location does Georg Klemperer first emigrate after the Nazis strip Jews of their citizenship and rights?
(a) Paris.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Rome.
(d) London.

11. When school resumes in November, what happens to Klemperer's career?
(a) He receives a promotion.
(b) He retires.
(c) He returns to the lecture circuit.
(d) He receives a termination notice.

12. What kind of car does Klemperer buy after receiving his driving permit?
(a) A 1932 Opel.
(b) A 1932 Ford.
(c) A 1934 Volvo.
(d) A 1936 Volkswagen.

13. Before his discharge from the army, where did Klemperer serve?
(a) In a tank.
(b) Behind a desk.
(c) In a hospital.
(d) On the front lines.

14. In what month does Klemperer receive his driving permit?
(a) March.
(b) July.
(c) January.
(d) June.

15. Toward the end of 1935, ______________ of food and various other materials become common.
(a) Shortages.
(b) Complete unavailability.
(c) Surpluses.
(d) Rationing.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Klemperer's youngest sister, Wally Sussman, dies, in what city is the funeral held?

2. The mass _____________ of Jews has had the effect of separating friends and relatives.

3. Throughout 1934, many Jews _________ Palestine.

4. How much of the retirement pay that they had worked for do Catholics, Communists, and Jews who lose their jobs get?

5. When was Eva born?

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