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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. It is at this time that Etty realizes that she and Spier may have no future because of what?
(a) Their busy schedules.
(b) Their interests.
(c) The war.
(d) Their religions.

2. Etty obliges herself to the preservation and dissemination of what?
(a) Her thoughts, actions, and obligations.
(b) Her thoughts and actions.
(c) Her thoughts, feelings, and obligations.
(d) Her feelings, assumptions, and beliefs.

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

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

5. This act of verbalizing to another person is what for Etty?
(a) Uncomfortable.
(b) Revelatory.
(c) Strange.
(d) Embarrassing.

6. Julius Spier dies of what in September of 1942?
(a) Natural causes.
(b) An accident.
(c) Suicide.
(d) A drug overdose.

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

8. Etty interprets speaking openly to her friend as what?
(a) An act of selfishness.
(b) An act of bravery.
(c) An act of stupidity.
(d) An act of freedom.

9. Etty's motivations have become unambiguously ______________.
(a) Altruistic.
(b) Strange.
(c) Difficult to understand.
(d) Selfish.

10. Hillesum resigns herself to what fact?
(a) Her commitment to herself is also a commitment to her family.
(b) Of viewing her commitment to life as somehow contributing to the lives of others.
(c) Her faith will become more useful as time goes on.
(d) She will not live for much longer.

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

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

13. After Spier's death, Etty's level of empathy does what?
(a) Falls.
(b) Rises.
(c) Fluctuates.
(d) Stays the same.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Approximately one week later, Etty Hillesum volunteers to do what?

2. Etty begins preparing herself for life where?

3. Etty writes (what matters most is) "to keep a small corner of ___________ unsullied, come what may."

4. Etty refuses to buckle under what?

5. Etty refuses to allow what to lapse?

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