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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters from Westerbork (Pages 235 - 365).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. _____________ offer more privacy.
(a) Huts.
(b) Homes.
(c) Barracks.
(d) Apartments.

3. Why is Etty permitted to take furloughs?
(a) Because she is wealthy.
(b) Because she buys supplies for the Germans.
(c) Because of her position with the Jewish Council.
(d) Because she is not a practicing Jew.

4. Etty discovers that the majority of these people are _____________________.
(a) Powerful and positive.
(b) Angry and confused.
(c) Confused and frightened.
(d) Bored and listless.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Spier is a psychoanalyst who specializes in what?

2. Aside from being solely therapeutic, what does this exercise awaken in Etty?

3. Hillesum holds fast to what belief?

4. Etty discloses that what life is more important?

5. Early in her writings, Etty says that she finds Spier intriguing and she is impressed with what?

(see the answer key)

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