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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. Each day, Etty's writings speak of her need to gain control over ______________.
(a) Other Jews.
(b) Herself.
(c) Others.
(d) The Germans.

2. Etty feels a certain amount of ___________ toward Spier.
(a) Resentment.
(b) Fear.
(c) Anxiety.
(d) Love.

3. This act of verbalizing to another person is what for Etty?
(a) Embarrassing.
(b) Strange.
(c) Uncomfortable.
(d) Revelatory.

4. Esther ("Etty") Hillesum began writing a dairy in early __________ of 1941.
(a) March.
(b) June.
(c) May.
(d) April

5. What becomes Etty Hillesum's main focus?
(a) Saving the Jews.
(b) Her writing.
(c) Spiritual growth.
(d) Herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What serves as a symbol of her materialism?

2. Etty later grasps the magnitude of her choice not to do what?

3. Why does Etty feel guilty about her life, compared to others?

4. Does Etty accept her own feeling of bearing a burden?

5. Even before reaching Westerbork, Etty Hillesum's ___________ emerges as something independent and infinitely more powerful than her physical self.

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