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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. Hillesum writes that on Sunday, June 14, 1941 the German government begins to round up and ____________ the Jews.
(a) Scold.
(b) Kill.
(c) Humiliate.
(d) Centralize.

2. Etty no longer concerns herself with the need to appear how?
(a) Attractive.
(b) Strong on the outside.
(c) Non-Jewish.
(d) Happy.

3. Max ("Osias") Kormann was what to Ettay?
(a) A brother in faith.
(b) A close friend.
(c) A lover.
(d) A priest.

4. Does Etty rise above her bitterness about the truth of the Jews' plight in Holland?
(a) Only much later.
(b) Yes.
(c) Only at first.
(d) No.

5. Etty talks about the importance of living where?
(a) In the past.
(b) In the future.
(c) In the present.
(d) In Amsterdam.

Short Answer Questions

1. As part of her therapy, Etty and Spier engage in what?

2. Etty discloses that what life is more important?

3. Given Etty's propensity toward the ascetic life, what might she think of all the mental exercises in which she participates?

4. Etty feels a certain amount of ___________ toward Spier.

5. When does Etty not allow her faith to lapse?

(see the answer key)

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