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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. From what does Klemperer's youngest sister, Wally Sussman, die?
(a) A heart attack.
(b) A stroke.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Old age.

2. To what organization, if any, did the people killed during the Night of the Long Knives belong?
(a) Luftwaffe.
(b) Sturmabteilung.
(c) Gestapo.
(d) None.

3. The mass _____________ of Jews has had the effect of separating friends and relatives.
(a) Ridicule.
(b) Execution.
(c) Emigration.
(d) Persecution.

4. With whom is Klemperer involved in a lawsuit during 1933 and 1934?
(a) A fellow author.
(b) A publisher.
(c) A student.
(d) His employer.

5. Klemperer often deplores ____________ who knowingly support the Hitler government.
(a) Bankers.
(b) Intellectuals.
(c) Farm coalitions.
(d) Jews.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of medical treatments does Eva undergo?

2. Who was killed during the Night of the Long Knives?

3. How does Klemperer come up with the money to pay for the initial rounds of construction on his house?

4. What does Klemperer begin to question as 1933 progresses?

5. In 1935, how are Catholics, Communists, and Jews who are still employed removed from their jobs?

Short Essay Questions

1. Upon what--and for what reason--is the lawsuit between Klemperer and his publisher based?

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

7. 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?

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

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

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

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