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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. This is the word used by the Germans to refer to the process by which large numbers of Jews were captured from their homes and off the streets and then put into ghettos or camps.
(a) Centralize.
(b) Controlling.
(c) Organizing.
(d) Regrouping.

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

3. Etty finally has a glimpse of her place where?
(a) In society.
(b) In Amsterdam.
(c) In a concentration camp.
(d) In the larger historical picture.

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

5. It is at this point that Etty Hillesum identifies her loneliness as a deep well that can only be filled by ______________.
(a) Others Jews.
(b) Family.
(c) The presence of God.
(d) Men.

Short Answer Questions

1. Putting everything on paper satisfied ________ of Etty's most innermost desires.

2. Spier is a psychoanalyst who specializes in what?

3. Etty admits that she is guilty of what?

4. Etty writes, "Ultimately, what matters most is to __________________."

5. Is Etty aware of the threat that the Germans pose?

(see the answer key)

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