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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters from Westerbork (Pages 235 - 365).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Etty remarks that her lovers have all felt like what?
(a) Friends.
(b) Bosses.
(c) Strangers.
(d) Husbands.

2. Who was Etty's favorite author?
(a) Tapani, Bagge.
(b) Catherine Aird.
(c) Rainer Maria Rilke.
(d) Langston Hughes.

3. The Bible verse which ends with, "And the greatest of these is ___________."
(a) Peace.
(b) Love.
(c) Hope.
(d) Faith.

4. More than once, Etty Hillesum admits doing what?
(a) Ignoring the needs of others in favor of her own needs.
(b) Feeling hatred.
(c) Ignoring her own needs in favor of meeting the needs of others.
(d) Ignoring all needs and meditating.

5. Etty obliges herself to the preservation and dissemination of what?
(a) Her thoughts and actions.
(b) Her thoughts, actions, and obligations.
(c) Her feelings, assumptions, and beliefs.
(d) Her thoughts, feelings, and obligations.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Hillesum resigns herself to what fact?

3. Why does Etty do what she does after Spier's death?

4. Those living in huts have it _____________________ their barracks counterparts.

5. What eventually leads Hillesum down the path of physical isolation and often results in illness of one sort or another?

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