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

2. As part of her therapy, Etty and Spier engage in what?
(a) A kind of dancing.
(b) A kind of yelling.
(c) A kind of wrestling.
(d) A kind of arguing.

3. Etty feels a certain amount of ___________ toward Spier.
(a) Fear.
(b) Resentment.
(c) Love.
(d) Anxiety.

4. This greed reminds Etty of who?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her lovers.
(d) Her mother.

5. Etty returns to a sincere desire to pay more attention to her inner life as a way of bringing about what?
(a) Peace.
(b) External change.
(c) Love.
(d) Internal change.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. More than once, Etty Hillesum admits doing what?

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

4. Etty was a twenty-seven-year-old single woman living where, making her way in the city?

5. Approximately one month later, Etty Hillesum entreats herself to allow ___________ rather than the opposite.

(see the answer key)

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