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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. Why does Etty do what she does after Spier's death?
(a) In order to forget him.
(b) In order to understand her own feelings.
(c) In order to make him understand her feelings.
(d) In order to give herself a sense of completion with their relationship.

2. 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 suffering without preconception.
(c) The utility of personal and communal participation in having faith without preconception.
(d) The utility of personal and communal participation in having hope without preconception.

3. Etty prefers to "be there for everyone" rather than do what?
(a) Be there for no one.
(b) Be there for only her family.
(c) Be there for only herself.
(d) Marry.

4. Even before reaching Westerbork, Etty Hillesum's ___________ emerges as something independent and infinitely more powerful than her physical self.
(a) Heart.
(b) Psyche.
(c) Mind.
(d) Soul.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Etty believe the answer to number 100 would do?

2. Hillesum writes that she tried to do what in the house?

3. 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.

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

5. Does Etty rise above her bitterness about the truth of the Jews' plight in Holland?

(see the answer key)

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