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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. It serves humanity better to allow a persecutor to witness another's ________________________.
(a) "Hatred and anger."
(b) "Fear and anxiety."
(c) "Sadness and utter defenselessness."
(d) "Strength and resilience."

3. Does Etty feel it is necessary to purge her personality of everything possible which does not support her new way of being in the world?
(a) No.
(b) Yes, but only at first.
(c) Yes.
(d) No, but she considers this.

4. Etty finally has a glimpse of her place where?
(a) In a concentration camp.
(b) In Amsterdam.
(c) In the larger historical picture.
(d) In society.

5. Etty's faith in God has grown exponentially. Is this off-putting to her?
(a) Yes, but only later.
(b) Yes, very.
(c) No.
(d) Yes, somewhat at first.

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

7. Etty later grasps the magnitude of her choice not to do what?
(a) Go into hiding or attempt to "save" herself in any way.
(b) Move out of the house.
(c) Save her family.
(d) Admit she is a Jew.

8. Etty's reliance is completely on who?
(a) Herself.
(b) God.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Spier.

9. What else does she address?
(a) The utility of personal and communal participation in having hope without preconception.
(b) The utility of personal and communal participation in having faith without preconception.
(c) The utility of personal and communal participation in suffering without preconception.
(d) The utility of personal and communal participation in loving without preconception.

10. Etty's devotion to the higher purpose of carrying out God's will and design for her life becomes what?
(a) Less solid.
(b) More solid.
(c) Destroyed
(d) Lost.

11. Etty refuses to buckle under what?
(a) Under the weight of strong emotion.
(b) Under the pressure of doing what is right for others.
(c) Under the weight of many physical burdens.
(d) Under the stress of living under German occupation.

12. HIllesum refuses to blame who for allowing the atrocities against the Jews (and all of humanity) to continue?
(a) The Jews.
(b) God.
(c) The Germans.
(d) The United States.

13. Etty is hyper-alert, hyper-conscious of what?
(a) What is taking place all around her.
(b) The actions of the other Jews.
(c) What is taking place in her heart.
(d) Her actions.

14. Etty refuses to allow what to lapse?
(a) Her passport.
(b) Her driver's license.
(c) Her love for Spier.
(d) Her faith in God.

15. Etty feels guilt about living how?
(a) So abundantly.
(b) In the city.
(c) As a Christian.
(d) As a sinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hillesum resigns herself to what fact?

2. Etty continues to insist that life is what?

3. Etty reaches a place of being unwilling to put up what?

4. Where does Etty live?

5. What is the primary reason Etty gives for deciding to change her plans with Spier, prior to his death?

(see the answer keys)

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