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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. Where are the Klemperers told they will have to live after their house is rented?
(a) The Dresden ghetto.
(b) The Dölzchen ghetto.
(c) The Berlin ghetto.
(d) Their old apartment in Dresden.

2. By the middle of 1937, Victor and Eva are taking long country drives for what purpose?
(a) Pleasure.
(b) To discuss escape plans.
(c) To see relatives.
(d) To search for retail items.

3. In 1938, _____________ is partitioned and Germany claims a huge part of the country.
(a) Austria.
(b) Yugoslavia.
(c) Czechoslovakia.
(d) Greece.

4. In late 1937, Hjalmar Schacht retires as the minister of ____________.
(a) Environment.
(b) Health.
(c) War.
(d) Economics.

5. Most of the Jews in the ghetto consider an amphibious landing in England:
(a) Completely impossible.
(b) A huge risk, but worth the attempt.
(c) The only way to end the war.
(d) Absolutely possible.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of the offices of "science" that the Nazi government establishes?

2. Some bombings are particularly devastating to Berlin and:

3. What U.S. town does Betty emigrate to?

4. What dominates much of Victor's diary entries for 1939?

5. How do the Klemperers mitigate maintenance costs?

Short Essay Questions

1. In 1937, what is the conclusion that Klemperer draws about Hitler and the resilience of the Nazis?

2. In what month of 1940 does the Nazi party take control of the Klemperers' house and evict them?

3. As 1938 progresses, what form of resistance against the Nazis is occasionally reported?

4. In 1939, what does Klemperer say the purpose of his diary is?

5. In 1938, the Klemperers make a surprise visit to Grete on her birthday. During this visit, what or who do Grete and Victor reminisce about?

6. What brings Klemperer to believe that most Germans have always been, somewhat, anti-Semitic.

7. When the Nazis renovate or make improvements the property they seized from Victor Klemperer, to whom do they send the bill?

8. Whom does Klemperer begin to feel are just like Hitler in their hatred of Jews?

9. What November 1938 event forced even those Jews who were most resolutely in denial (among them Klemperer) to finally come to terms with the genocidal hatred of Hitler?

10. Early in 1939, on what book does Klemperer begin to work in earnest?

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