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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When does Etty not allow her faith to lapse?
(a) At such times of boredom and uselessness.
(b) At such times of happiness and contentedness.
(c) At such times of anger.
(d) At such a time of terror and abject fear.

3. With what idea does Etty deal?
(a) The idea of willingly, fearlessly bearing one's own burdens and the burdens of those in one's community.
(b) The idea of one's own mortality.
(c) The idea of loving those who hate you.
(d) The idea of having faith in something that you cannot see.

4. Etty further addresses what concept?
(a) Suffering.
(b) Hope.
(c) Faith.
(d) Love.

5. Etty is cognizant of her _________________ as a Jew.
(a) Power.
(b) Faith.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Vulnerability.

6. Etty subsequently learns that Jews in Deventer are no longer allowed to own what?
(a) Cars.
(b) Businesses.
(c) Bicycles.
(d) Homes.

7. Does Etty accept her own feeling of bearing a burden?
(a) Yes, at first.
(b) Yes.
(c) No.
(d) Yes, somewhat.

8. 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 Germans do not believe they are intelligent enough to own property.
(c) The Germans want to hold onto their property until after the war.
(d) The Jews do not understand how important property is.

9. How is Etty at the time Spier dies?
(a) She is sad.
(b) She is busy.
(c) She is ill.
(d) She is content.

10. Etty continues to insist that life is what?
(a) A waste.
(b) Dangerous and scary.
(c) Valuable and beautiful.
(d) Horrible and depressing.

11. Etty reminds herself to channel her urges into what?
(a) Saving her own life.
(b) Her teaching.
(c) Some more far-reaching acts in service to the community of mankind.
(d) Protecting her family.

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

13. Etty comes to love what?
(a) The world at large.
(b) Her family.
(c) Herself.
(d) The Germans.

14. Etty writes, "Ultimately, what matters most is to __________________."
(a) Be content with what you have.
(b) Have faith in life.
(c) Bear the pain to cope with (what is going on around her).
(d) Pray for salvation.

15. Where is Etty when Spier dies?
(a) In Germany.
(b) In the concentration camp.
(c) In Amsterdam.
(d) In America.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Etty do what she does after Spier's death?

3. What does Etty do after Spier's death?

4. Etty begins preparing herself for life where?

5. Etty refuses to allow what to lapse?

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