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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through March 9, 1941 through April 30, 1942 (Pages 3 - 133).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Hillesum writes that she tried to do what in the house?
(a) Stand up for the Jews.
(b) Keep the peace.
(c) Take control.
(d) Organize a revolt.

3. Hillesum is ___________; someone who is actively involved in examining the world and her perceptions thereof from the inside out rather than the other way around.
(a) A finder.
(b) A hopeful.
(c) A lover.
(d) A seeker.

4. This is the word used by the Germans to refer to the process by which large numbers of Jews were captured from their homes and off the streets and then put into ghettos or camps.
(a) Controlling.
(b) Regrouping.
(c) Organizing.
(d) Centralize.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Hillesum refers to a feeling of ______________ toward men as something worthy of resolution.

2. Etty decides to work her way through her negative feelings in hopes of what?

3. Etty discloses that what life is more important?

4. Etty talks about the importance of living where?

5. By September of 1941, it becomes clear from her diary entries that Etty Hillesum has begun to change _________________.

(see the answer key)

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