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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through May 18, 1942 through October 12, 1942 (Pages 133 - 231).

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 seeker.
(b) A hopeful.
(c) A finder.
(d) A lover.

2. Etty feels a certain amount of ___________ toward Spier.
(a) Resentment.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Fear.
(d) Love.

3. Why might the Jews of Deventer not be allowed to own certain types of property?
(a) The Germans want to slowly take over their lives.
(b) The Jews do not understand how important property is.
(c) The Germans do not believe they are intelligent enough to own property.
(d) The Germans want to hold onto their property until after the war.

4. What becomes Etty Hillesum's main focus?
(a) Her writing.
(b) Herself.
(c) Saving the Jews.
(d) Spiritual growth.

5. In February of 1942, several professors and other acquaintances of Etty's are sent where as prisoners of the Nazis?
(a) To Sachsenhausen.
(b) To Veluwe.
(c) To the Warsaw ghetto.
(d) To Belzec.

Short Answer Questions

1. What else does Etty come to love?

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

3. Etty talks about the importance of living where?

4. Approximately one week later, Etty Hillesum volunteers to do what?

5. What does Etty admit to her friend Ru?

(see the answer key)

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