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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 talks about the importance of living where?
(a) In the present.
(b) In the past.
(c) In the future.
(d) In Amsterdam.

2. Etty's day-to-day life centers around her work as what?
(a) An English teacher.
(b) A dance teacher.
(c) A Russian teacher.
(d) An art teacher.

3. Who encouraged Julius Spier to go into a practice and take on clients?
(a) Fromm.
(b) Lacan.
(c) Sullivan.
(d) Jung.

4. Etty acknowledges _____________ that is inherent in all human beings.
(a) The hatred.
(b) The loneliness.
(c) The fear.
(d) The love.

5. Much of the discomfort among those living in the house stemmed from what?
(a) People's hatred of the German cook, Käthe.
(b) People's mistrust of the Jewish cook, Käthe.
(c) People's hatred of the Jewish cook, Käthe.
(d) People's mistrust of the German cook, Käthe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Putting everything on paper satisfied ________ of Etty's most innermost desires.

2. Around this time, Etty addresses the question of __________, specifically talking about the Germans.

3. Etty refuses to buckle under what?

4. The transience of life is symbolized by what?

5. HIllesum decides that she would rather not do what?

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