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

2. This is the word used by the Germans to refer to the process by which large numbers of Jews were captured from their homes and off the streets and then put into ghettos or camps.
(a) Centralize.
(b) Regrouping.
(c) Organizing.
(d) Controlling.

3. Etty Hillesum was determined to grow ________________.
(a) Spiritually.
(b) Emotionally and spiritually.
(c) Physically.
(d) Mentally, emotionally and spiritually.

4. Approximately one month later, Etty Hillesum entreats herself to allow ___________ rather than the opposite.
(a) Herself to embrace life.
(b) Herself to pray for a better life.
(c) Life to embrace her.
(d) God to give her a better life.

5. Putting everything on paper satisfied ________ of Etty's most innermost desires.
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. The diary begins as a way for Etty to do what?

2. [On July 15], 1942, Etty secures a position in what?

3. Etty becomes acutely aware of the individual's responsibility to engage in rigorous _________________.

4. Etty Hillesum had devoted herself to honing her craft. What was her craft?

5. What do the letters chronicle?

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