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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. Spier is a psychoanalyst who specializes in what?
(a) Dreams.
(b) Chirology.
(c) Chronology.
(d) Cognitive therapy.

2. What eventually leads Hillesum down the path of physical isolation and often results in illness of one sort or another?
(a) Not getting enough sleep or food.
(b) The experience of suppressing her personal needs.
(c) Only caring about her own needs.
(d) Following the directions of the Germans.

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

4. Before World War II arrived on her doorstep, Etty Hillesum's main concern was what?
(a) Her internal life.
(b) Her looks.
(c) Her external life.
(d) Her family.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Etty admits that she is more the kind of person who wears her heart where?

2. Hillesum lives in a house owned by a widower named _________________.

3. Hillesum first meets Julius Spier, who is sometimes simply referred to as __________ in the diary.

4. As part of her therapy, Etty and Spier engage in what?

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

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