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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Klemperer's wife, Eva, is _____________.
(a) Jewish and Semitic.
(b) Protestant and black.
(c) Catholic and Aryan.
(d) Non-Jewish and Aryan.
2. In which war does Italy become involved toward the end of 1935?
(a) The Balkan War.
(b) World War II.
(c) The Abyssinian War.
(d) The Armenian War.
3. Victor Klemperer, the diarist, is a ___________ who has converted to _________.
(a) Jew; Protestantism.
(b) Jew; Catholicism.
(c) Protestant; Judaism.
(d) Catholic; Judaism.
4. The mass _____________ of Jews has had the effect of separating friends and relatives.
(a) Ridicule.
(b) Emigration.
(c) Execution.
(d) Persecution.
5. When Paul von Hindenburg dies in August 1934, which office does Hitler assume in addition to that of Chancellor?
(a) Commander-in-Chief.
(b) Kaiser.
(c) Fuehrer.
(d) President.
6. What happens to Klemperer's position after he leaves it?
(a) It remains open but is not filled.
(b) It is not filled.
(c) It is filled by a non-Jew.
(d) It is filled by another Jew.
7. How does Victor Klemperer respond to his brother's advice after considering it?
(a) He can't make up his mind; he is paralyzed by fear.
(b) He declines to emigrate.
(c) He decides to emigrate if the Nazis are still in control in 1936.
(d) He emigrates immediately.
8. In what German city is the Klemperers' apartment located?
(a) Nuremberg.
(b) Dresden.
(c) Dƶlzschen.
(d) Berlin.
9. 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.
10. What about many Jews' attitude towards the Nazis amazes Klemperer?
(a) They agree with them.
(b) They want to join the Nazi party.
(c) They want to become Communists as a sign of protest.
(d) They accept them.
11. What has happened to Klemperer's theory of the essential character of the German nation?
(a) He has nearly abandoned it.
(b) He is seriously doubting it.
(c) He is holding tighter to it than ever.
(d) He has entirely abandoned it.
12. By the end of 1934, which area of Europe votes to attach itself to Germany?
(a) Austria.
(b) Czechoslovakia.
(c) The Transvaal region.
(d) The Saar region.
13. When Klemperer's youngest sister, Wally Sussman, dies, in what city is the funeral held?
(a) Munich.
(b) Hamburg.
(c) Bremerhaven.
(d) Berlin.
14. ___________ worries consume Klemperer in nearly every diary entry of 1936.
(a) Persecution.
(b) Health.
(c) Political.
(d) Financial.
15. When he becomes Chancellor of Germany, Hitler's ______________ rhetoric becomes central to national politics.
(a) Anti-Semitic.
(b) Pro-Active.
(c) Pan-European.
(d) Pro-Trade.
Short Answer Questions
1. In 1935, which religious group begins experiencing persecution, including lengthy prison terms?
2. Before his discharge from the army, where did Klemperer serve?
3. What was the name of the 1935 law that deprived German Jews of their citizenship and rights?
4. As the Nazification of Germany continues in 1935, what is altered to the ancient German names?
5. Who was killed during the Night of the Long Knives?
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