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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. Hillesum is ___________; someone who is actively involved in examining the world and her perceptions thereof from the inside out rather than the other way around.
(a) A hopeful.
(b) A finder.
(c) A lover.
(d) A seeker.

2. Etty realizes that it would be unfair as well as counterproductive to return the Germans' ____________ of her own.
(a) Fear with love.
(b) Love with hatred.
(c) Hatred with love.
(d) Hatred with hatred.

3. It is at this point that Etty Hillesum identifies her loneliness as a deep well that can only be filled by ______________.
(a) Others Jews.
(b) The presence of God.
(c) Men.
(d) Family.

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

5. Early in her writings, Etty says that she finds Spier intriguing and she is impressed with what?
(a) His beliefs.
(b) His looks.
(c) His intelligence.
(d) His sensuality and power.

Short Answer Questions

1. Etty was a twenty-seven-year-old single woman living where, making her way in the city?

2. Etty Hillesum had devoted herself to honing her craft. What was her craft?

3. Etty engages herself in a discussion of the ________ as the predominant force in an individual's life.

4. She begins each day full of resolve to become a better, more skilled _____________.

5. Etty becomes acutely aware of the individual's responsibility to engage in rigorous _________________.

(see the answer key)

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