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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through March 9, 1941 through April 30, 1942 (Pages 3 - 133).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. She begins each day full of resolve to become a better, more skilled _____________.
(a) Dancer.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Writer.
(d) Singer.

2. As part of her therapy, Etty and Spier engage in what?
(a) A kind of wrestling.
(b) A kind of dancing.
(c) A kind of yelling.
(d) A kind of arguing.

3. Each day, Etty's writings speak of her need to gain control over ______________.
(a) Others.
(b) Other Jews.
(c) Herself.
(d) The Germans.

4. Etty experiences a problem with overeating, which she attributes to what greed?
(a) To have everything.
(b) To feel full.
(c) To consume life and to know everything.
(d) To consume good food.

5. Etty admits not being interested in what?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Writing.
(c) Men.
(d) Living.

Short Answer Questions

1. Spier is a psychoanalyst who specializes in what?

2. Esther ("Etty") Hillesum began writing a dairy in early __________ of 1941.

3. Who was Etty's favorite author?

4. Hillesum refers to a feeling of ______________ toward men as something worthy of resolution.

5. This is the word used by the Germans to refer to the process by which large numbers of Jews were captured from their homes and off the streets and then put into ghettos or camps.

(see the answer key)

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