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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. Upon her arrival at the camp, Etty tells the sisters of whom?
(a) The children.
(b) The women.
(c) Her new friends.
(d) The people she has met.

2. Etty admonishes herself to let go of what things?
(a) Things outside of herself.
(b) All things.
(c) Things inside herself.
(d) Nothing.

3. Hillesum first meets Julius Spier, who is sometimes simply referred to as __________ in the diary.
(a) S.
(b) Julius.
(c) Jules.
(d) Spier.

4. This act of verbalizing to another person is what for Etty?
(a) Embarrassing.
(b) Uncomfortable.
(c) Strange.
(d) Revelatory.

5. Does Etty rise above her bitterness about the truth of the Jews' plight in Holland?
(a) Only at first.
(b) Yes.
(c) No.
(d) Only much later.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the letters chronicle?

2. Does the widower's age concern Etty?

3. Etty obliges herself to the preservation and dissemination of what?

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

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

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