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

2. As part of her therapy, Etty and Spier engage in what?
(a) A kind of yelling.
(b) A kind of dancing.
(c) A kind of wrestling.
(d) A kind of arguing.

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

4. Etty admits that she is guilty of what?
(a) Misunderstanding.
(b) Greed.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Fear.

5. When does Etty not allow her faith to lapse?
(a) At such times of happiness and contentedness.
(b) At such a time of terror and abject fear.
(c) At such times of boredom and uselessness.
(d) At such times of anger.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the time of Spier's death, why is Etty not at Westerbork?

2. Aside from being solely therapeutic, what does this exercise awaken in Etty?

3. Etty interprets speaking openly to her friend as what?

4. Hillesum writes that on Sunday, June 14, 1941 the German government begins to round up and ____________ the Jews.

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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