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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. With what idea does Etty deal?
(a) The idea of loving those who hate you.
(b) The idea of having faith in something that you cannot see.
(c) The idea of willingly, fearlessly bearing one's own burdens and the burdens of those in one's community.
(d) The idea of one's own mortality.

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

3. What else does Etty come to love?
(a) The beauty she sees outside her window and in her relationships.
(b) Being on the Jewish Council.
(c) The concentration camp.
(d) The idea of freedom.

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

5. What does Etty do after Spier's death?
(a) She writes Spier a long letter.
(b) She prays for him.
(c) She writes his family a long letter.
(d) She tries to forget about him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Etty reminds herself to channel her urges into what?

3. After Spier's death, Etty's level of empathy does what?

4. Etty is cognizant of her _________________ as a Jew.

5. By September of 1941, it becomes clear from her diary entries that Etty Hillesum has begun to change _________________.

(see the answer key)

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