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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through May 18, 1942 through October 12, 1942 (Pages 133 - 231).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In February of 1942, several professors and other acquaintances of Etty's are sent where as prisoners of the Nazis?
(a) To Veluwe.
(b) To Belzec.
(c) To Sachsenhausen.
(d) To the Warsaw ghetto.

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

3. Etty becomes acutely aware of the individual's responsibility to engage in rigorous _________________.
(a) Mental purging.
(b) Self-denial.
(c) Exercise.
(d) Self-examination.

4. Etty experiences a problem with overeating, which she attributes to what greed?
(a) To consume life and to know everything.
(b) To have everything.
(c) To consume good food.
(d) To feel full.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Etty is hyper-alert, hyper-conscious of what?

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

5. Etty returns to a sincere desire to pay more attention to her inner life as a way of bringing about what?

(see the answer key)

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