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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By September of 1941, it becomes clear from her diary entries that Etty Hillesum has begun to change _________________.
(a) Significantly and radically.
(b) Somewhat.
(c) Very little.
(d) Quite a bit.

2. 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.
(a) A seeker.
(b) A finder.
(c) A lover.
(d) A hopeful.

3. Etty realizes that it would be unfair as well as counterproductive to return the Germans' ____________ of her own.
(a) Fear with love.
(b) Love with hatred.
(c) Hatred with hatred.
(d) Hatred with love.

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) God to give her a better life.
(d) Life to embrace her.

5. This greed reminds Etty of who?
(a) Her lovers.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her brother.

6. What eventually leads Hillesum down the path of physical isolation and often results in illness of one sort or another?
(a) Following the directions of the Germans.
(b) Not getting enough sleep or food.
(c) Only caring about her own needs.
(d) The experience of suppressing her personal needs.

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

8. Hillesum lives in a house owned by a widower named _________________.
(a) Handel Wagner.
(b) Han Wegerif.
(c) Heinz Wiener.
(d) Hansel Wolff.

9. Spier's insights psychology came as the result of his own work with whom?
(a) Carl Gustav Jung.
(b) Erich Fromm.
(c) Jacques Lacan.
(d) Harry Stack Sullivan.

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

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

12. Aside from being solely therapeutic, what does this exercise awaken in Etty?
(a) Sexual feelings.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Anxiety.
(d) Loving feelings.

13. Each day, Etty's writings speak of her need to gain control over ______________.
(a) Other Jews.
(b) The Germans.
(c) Herself.
(d) Others.

14. Early in her writings, Etty says that she finds Spier intriguing and she is impressed with what?
(a) His looks.
(b) His sensuality and power.
(c) His intelligence.
(d) His beliefs.

15. Etty engages herself in a discussion of the ________ as the predominant force in an individual's life.
(a) Soul.
(b) Body.
(c) Mind.
(d) Heart.

Short Answer Questions

1. It is at this point that Etty Hillesum identifies her loneliness as a deep well that can only be filled by ______________.

2. Hillesum refers to a feeling of ______________ toward men as something worthy of resolution.

3. Etty admits certain weaknesses, mostly having to do with what?

4. Etty admonishes herself to let go of what things?

5. Hillesum first meets Julius Spier, who is sometimes simply referred to as __________ in the diary.

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