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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. On what level do boycotts of Jewish-supplied goods and services occur during 1933?
(a) Local.
(b) International.
(c) Regional.
(d) National.

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

3. What was the name of the 1935 law that deprived German Jews of their citizenship and rights?
(a) The Nuremberg Laws of Citizenship and Race.
(b) The Reich Citizenship Law.
(c) The Reich Laws of Citizenship and Race.
(d) The Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor.

4. What race was Helene Meyer, who won the silver medal in fencing for Germany?
(a) Black.
(b) Slavic.
(c) Jewish.
(d) Aryan.

5. Klemperer finds the costs of maintaining the car to be extremely ______________.
(a) Reasonable.
(b) Moderate.
(c) Low.
(d) High.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Eva born?

2. Toward the end of 1935, ______________ of food and various other materials become common.

3. Why do family members and friends among the groups who are discriminated against by the Nazis begin to lose track of each other?

4. What kind of car does Klemperer buy after receiving his driving permit?

5. What is one interesting example of Nazi indoctrination noted by Klemperer in his 1936 entries?

Short Essay Questions

1. Klemperer is amazed that many Jews accept the Nazis. What does he say that Jews' overall belief is regarding what life will be like once the Nazis' anti-Semitic program is fully established?

2. After a lawsuit with his publisher is settled in Klemperer's favor, what does Klemperer do with the money?

3. What is Victor Klemperer's theory of German national characteristics?

4. When Georg, Victor Klemperer's brother, sends him money to emigrate, Victor decides not to. Why?

5. What happens to Nazism in Germany during 1934, according to Klemperer?

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

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

8. During World War I, where did Victor Klemperer serve during combat?

9. 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?

10. What reason does Klemperer give for the phenomenon of families and friends beginning to lose track of each other as people started to emigrate?

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