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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. Does the widower's age concern Etty?
(a) Not usually.
(b) Yes.
(c) Sometimes.
(d) No.

2. Etty becomes acutely aware of the individual's responsibility to engage in rigorous _________________.
(a) Self-examination.
(b) Mental purging.
(c) Exercise.
(d) Self-denial.

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

4. Much of the discomfort among those living in the house stemmed from what?
(a) People's hatred of the Jewish cook, Käthe.
(b) People's mistrust of the Jewish cook, Käthe.
(c) People's hatred of the German cook, Käthe.
(d) People's mistrust of the German cook, Käthe.

5. Etty experiences a problem with overeating, which she attributes to what greed?
(a) To have everything.
(b) To consume life and to know everything.
(c) To feel full.
(d) To consume good food.

Short Answer Questions

1. Etty admits not being interested in what?

2. By September of 1941, it becomes clear from her diary entries that Etty Hillesum has begun to change _________________.

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

4. Spier's insights psychology came as the result of his own work with whom?

5. Etty realizes that it would be unfair as well as counterproductive to return the Germans' ____________ of her own.

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