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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Klemperer come up with the money to pay for the initial rounds of construction on his house?
(a) His brother Georg makes him a financial gift.
(b) He secures a house loan.
(c) He comes into an inheritance.
(d) He closes out a savings account.

3. 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 living room.
(c) The study.
(d) The kitchen.

4. Why is Klemperer's manuscript of The Eighteenth Century rejected?
(a) Because it is poorly written.
(b) Because he is a Jew.
(c) Because he is a Christian.
(d) Lack of market interest.

5. What is the political orientation of the few newspapers that publish 'real' news?
(a) Moderate.
(b) Prime-Time.
(c) Left.
(d) Right.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In which town have the Klemperers purchased an empty lot?

3. What work is done on the Klemperers' empty lot through the end of 1933?

4. To what organization, if any, did the people killed during the Night of the Long Knives belong?

5. As of 1936, for how long has Klemperer been unemployed?

Short Essay Questions

1. To what does Klemperer compare the politicized and specialized language of the Third Reich?

2. When Klemperer receives letters from friends and family who have emigrated and have found success, he is both happy for and envious of them. What is the reason for Klemperer's envy?

3. What were one of the requirements of Palestine's immigration policies that made it difficult for Jews to emigrate there?

4. In 1933, Klemperer notes that many Catholics, Communists, and Jews who are wealthy or who have internationally marketable skills emigrate. What is life like for members of these groups who remain in Germany?

5. In a July diary entry, what does Klemperer wonder about himself?

6. When Klemperer is let go from his job, his pension is cut and he complains about the reduced pay. What will he eventually think of his pensioned status, and why?

7. Klemperer ends his friendship with Gusti and Karl Weighardt because they criticized his driving skills to others. What is ironic about this decision?

8. In 1933, how does Klemperer find the German political situation?

9. What does Klemperer note seems to be happening with the politicized and specialized language of the Third Reich during 1935?

10. In 1933, what kind of news fills the mainstream papers in Germany?

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