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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Etty feel guilty about her life, compared to others?
(a) Others harbor much more fear in their hearts.
(b) She is much more prepared for her future than others.
(c) Others are forced to make due with considerably less than her.
(d) She has not given to others as much as she would like.

3. What else does she address?
(a) The utility of personal and communal participation in loving 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 having hope without preconception.

4. Etty praises God when?
(a) At all times.
(b) In the morning.
(c) At night.
(d) At times of mental anguish.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Etty further addresses what concept?

2. What does Etty admit to her friend Ru?

3. Etty subsequently learns that Jews in Deventer are no longer allowed to own what?

4. Where does Etty live?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Etty say about suffering?

2. How does Etty's life and beliefs change due to the war?

3. What does Etty come to accept, which affects her thoughts, feelings, and obligations?

4. What is clear by May of 1942?

5. Does Etty believe that she should appear strong? Why or why not?

6. What leads to Etty going to Westerbork?

7. What does Etty admit to her friend Ru? How is this significant?

8. Does Etty realize the threat to her way of life? Does this affect her positive attitude? Explain.

9. What happens to Etty after Spier's death?

10. How does Etty feel about the atrocities taking place? How does this also lead to feelings of guilt?

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