1. Etty admits that she is more the kind of person who wears her heart where?
(a) In her chest.
(b) On her sleeve.
(c) In her head.
(d) On her coat.

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

3. Etty engages herself in a discussion of the ________ as the predominant force in an individual's life.
(a) Soul.
(b) Heart.
(c) Body.
(d) Mind.

4. In February of 1942, several professors and other acquaintances of Etty's are sent where as prisoners of the Nazis?
(a) To Belzec.
(b) To Sachsenhausen.
(c) To the Warsaw ghetto.
(d) To Veluwe.

5. Etty Hillesum was determined to grow ________________.
(a) Physically.
(b) Emotionally and spiritually.
(c) Mentally, emotionally and spiritually.
(d) Spiritually.

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

3. Etty becomes acutely aware of the individual's responsibility to engage in rigorous _________________.

4. Etty Hillesum had devoted herself to honing her craft. What was her craft?

5. What eventually leads Hillesum down the path of physical isolation and often results in illness of one sort or another?

(see the answer key)

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