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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through May 18, 1942 through October 12, 1942 (Pages 133 - 231).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Etty praises God when?
(a) In the morning.
(b) At times of mental anguish.
(c) At night.
(d) At all times.

2. Hillesum resigns herself to what fact?
(a) She will not live for much longer.
(b) Her commitment to herself is also a commitment to her family.
(c) Of viewing her commitment to life as somehow contributing to the lives of others.
(d) Her faith will become more useful as time goes on.

3. What else does she address?
(a) The utility of personal and communal participation in loving without preconception.
(b) The utility of personal and communal participation in having hope without preconception.
(c) The utility of personal and communal participation in suffering without preconception.
(d) The utility of personal and communal participation in having faith without preconception.

4. Etty is cognizant of her _________________ as a Jew.
(a) Faith.
(b) Vulnerability.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Power.

5. [On July 15], 1942, Etty secures a position in what?
(a) A new school teaching Russian.
(b) The Cultural Affairs Department of the Jewish Council.
(c) A nice concentration camp.
(d) A home in America.

Short Answer Questions

1. Etty admonishes herself to let go of what things?

2. What becomes Etty Hillesum's main focus?

3. Etty returns to a sincere desire to pay more attention to her inner life as a way of bringing about what?

4. Where does Etty live?

5. Does Etty feel it is necessary to purge her personality of everything possible which does not support her new way of being in the world?

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