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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. 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) Organizing.
(b) Centralize.
(c) Controlling.
(d) Regrouping.

2. Esther ("Etty") Hillesum began writing a dairy in early __________ of 1941.
(a) May.
(b) March.
(c) April
(d) June.

3. What is this exercise intended to do?
(a) Relieve fear.
(b) Learn what mental illness she has.
(c) Relieve fear and stress.
(d) Relieve her stress and aggression.

4. Approximately one month later, Etty Hillesum entreats herself to allow ___________ rather than the opposite.
(a) Life to embrace her.
(b) Herself to embrace life.
(c) Herself to pray for a better life.
(d) God to give her a better life.

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. Etty experiences a problem with overeating, which she attributes to what greed?

2. She begins each day full of resolve to become a better, more skilled _____________.

3. Etty Hillesum's diary begins on what day?

4. 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.

5. Etty's day-to-day life centers around her work as what?

(see the answer key)

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