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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters from Westerbork (Pages 235 - 365).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Etty admits that she is guilty of what?
(a) Misunderstanding.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Fear.
(d) Greed.

2. More than once, Etty Hillesum admits doing what?
(a) Feeling hatred.
(b) Ignoring all needs and meditating.
(c) Ignoring the needs of others in favor of her own needs.
(d) Ignoring her own needs in favor of meeting the needs of others.

3. What is the now-infamous extermination camp in Poland?
(a) Chelmno.
(b) Buchenwald.
(c) Dachau.
(d) Auschwitz-Burkenau.

4. Etty decides to work her way through her negative feelings in hopes of what?
(a) Being forgiven by her family.
(b) Finding a new family.
(c) Feeling confident without her family's love.
(d) Coming to a place of acceptance and forgiveness.

5. Etty admits certain weaknesses, mostly having to do with what?
(a) Her fear.
(b) Her appetites.
(c) Her looks.
(d) Her family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Etty reminds herself to channel her urges into what?

2. Etty Hillesum was determined to grow ________________.

3. Upon her arrival at the camp, Etty tells the sisters of whom?

4. Hillesum asserts the viewpoint that regardless of circumstance, people must remain open to what?

5. Etty engages herself in a discussion of the ________ as the predominant force in an individual's life.

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