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

2. This greed reminds Etty of who?
(a) Her lovers.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her mother.

3. What else does Etty come to love?
(a) The idea of freedom.
(b) Being on the Jewish Council.
(c) The beauty she sees outside her window and in her relationships.
(d) The concentration camp.

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

5. Etty refuses to buckle under what?
(a) Under the pressure of doing what is right for others.
(b) Under the weight of many physical burdens.
(c) Under the stress of living under German occupation.
(d) Under the weight of strong emotion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Etty realizes that it would be unfair as well as counterproductive to return the Germans' ____________ of her own.

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

3. When does Spier die?

4. Where does Etty live?

5. Etty discloses that what life is more important?

(see the answer key)

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