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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. At Westerbork, it is Etty's job to do what?
(a) Teach the women and children Russian.
(b) Assist women and children with their transport preparations.
(c) Assist with the Jews' transport preparations.
(d) Create documentation for all that takes place at the camp.

2. Who was Etty's favorite author?
(a) Rainer Maria Rilke.
(b) Catherine Aird.
(c) Tapani, Bagge.
(d) Langston Hughes.

3. It is at this time that Etty realizes that she and Spier may have no future because of what?
(a) Their busy schedules.
(b) The war.
(c) Their religions.
(d) Their interests.

4. What moment became the most important moment?
(a) The present.
(b) The moment she became a Christian.
(c) The past.
(d) The future.

5. Spier's insights psychology came as the result of his own work with whom?
(a) Carl Gustav Jung.
(b) Erich Fromm.
(c) Jacques Lacan.
(d) Harry Stack Sullivan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Etty when Spier dies?

2. Etty reaches a place of being unwilling to put up what?

3. Many of these people living in the camp are extremely frail.

4. Given Etty's propensity toward the ascetic life, what might she think of all the mental exercises in which she participates?

5. Etty's faith in God has grown exponentially. Is this off-putting to her?

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