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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. Spier is a psychoanalyst who specializes in what?
(a) Chirology.
(b) Dreams.
(c) Cognitive therapy.
(d) Chronology.

2. Etty's faith in God has grown exponentially. Is this off-putting to her?
(a) Yes, somewhat at first.
(b) Yes, very.
(c) Yes, but only later.
(d) No.

3. Etty praises God when?
(a) At night.
(b) In the morning.
(c) At all times.
(d) At times of mental anguish.

4. Approximately one week later, Etty Hillesum volunteers to do what?
(a) Be deported to Westerbork.
(b) Be deported to Auschwitz.
(c) Be a teacher.
(d) Be sent to America.

5. Where do the people sleep in bunk beds stacked three-high?
(a) In the houses.
(b) In the huts.
(c) In the barracks.
(d) In the apartments.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hillesum is ___________; someone who is actively involved in examining the world and her perceptions thereof from the inside out rather than the other way around.

2. What at the camp was rampant?

3. Given Etty's propensity toward the ascetic life, what might she think of all the mental exercises in which she participates?

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

5. When does Etty not allow her faith to lapse?

(see the answer key)

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