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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. Hillesum refers to a feeling of ______________ toward men as something worthy of resolution.
(a) Anxiety.
(b) Ambivalence.
(c) Loathing.
(d) Hatred.

2. It is at this point that Etty Hillesum identifies her loneliness as a deep well that can only be filled by ______________.
(a) Men.
(b) Others Jews.
(c) Family.
(d) The presence of God.

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

4. By September of 1941, it becomes clear from her diary entries that Etty Hillesum has begun to change _________________.
(a) Quite a bit.
(b) Very little.
(c) Significantly and radically.
(d) Somewhat.

5. Each day, Etty's writings speak of her need to gain control over ______________.
(a) Herself.
(b) The Germans.
(c) Others.
(d) Other Jews.

Short Answer Questions

1. Spier's insights psychology came as the result of his own work with whom?

2. In February of 1942, several professors and other acquaintances of Etty's are sent where as prisoners of the Nazis?

3. What becomes Etty Hillesum's main focus?

4. Aside from being solely therapeutic, what does this exercise awaken in Etty?

5. What eventually leads Hillesum down the path of physical isolation and often results in illness of one sort or another?

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