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

2. Etty discloses that what life is more important?
(a) Her external life.
(b) Her internal life.
(c) Her love life.
(d) Her personal life.

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

4. Etty decides to work her way through her negative feelings in hopes of what?
(a) Being forgiven by her family.
(b) Feeling confident without her family's love.
(c) Coming to a place of acceptance and forgiveness.
(d) Finding a new family.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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.

2. It is at this point that Etty Hillesum identifies her loneliness as a deep well that can only be filled by ______________.

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

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

5. Etty engages herself in a discussion of the ________ as the predominant force in an individual's life.

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