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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Etty was a twenty-seven-year-old single woman living where, making her way in the city?
(a) Paris.
(b) Amsterdam.
(c) Budapest.
(d) London.

2. Even before reaching Westerbork, Etty Hillesum's ___________ emerges as something independent and infinitely more powerful than her physical self.
(a) Mind.
(b) Soul.
(c) Heart.
(d) Psyche.

3. Does the widower's age concern Etty?
(a) Sometimes.
(b) No.
(c) Yes.
(d) Not usually.

4. By September of 1941, it becomes clear from her diary entries that Etty Hillesum has begun to change _________________.
(a) Very little.
(b) Significantly and radically.
(c) Somewhat.
(d) Quite a bit.

5. Etty acknowledges _____________ that is inherent in all human beings.
(a) The loneliness.
(b) The fear.
(c) The hatred.
(d) The love.

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

7. Etty Hillesum's diary begins on what day?
(a) Sunday, June 9, 1941.
(b) Sunday, May 9, 1941.
(c) Sunday, April 9, 1941.
(d) Sunday, March 9, 1941.

8. What moment became the most important moment?
(a) The future.
(b) The past.
(c) The present.
(d) The moment she became a Christian.

9. This greed reminds Etty of who?
(a) Her lovers.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her mother.

10. Etty discloses that what life is more important?
(a) Her internal life.
(b) Her personal life.
(c) Her love life.
(d) Her external life.

11. Hillesum writes that she tried to do what in the house?
(a) Stand up for the Jews.
(b) Take control.
(c) Organize a revolt.
(d) Keep the peace.

12. Etty admits certain weaknesses, mostly having to do with what?
(a) Her looks.
(b) Her family.
(c) Her fear.
(d) Her appetites.

13. Hillesum lives in a house owned by a widower named _________________.
(a) Han Wegerif.
(b) Hansel Wolff.
(c) Handel Wagner.
(d) Heinz Wiener.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Etty decides to work her way through her negative feelings in hopes of what?

5. Does Etty have a strong relationship with her mother?

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