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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In February of 1942, several professors and other acquaintances of Etty's are sent where as prisoners of the Nazis?
(a) To Veluwe.
(b) To Belzec.
(c) To Sachsenhausen.
(d) To the Warsaw ghetto.

2. Etty's day-to-day life centers around her work as what?
(a) A dance teacher.
(b) A Russian teacher.
(c) An art teacher.
(d) An English teacher.

3. Does Etty have a strong relationship with her mother?
(a) Yes.
(b) Sometimes.
(c) Only early on.
(d) No.

4. Around this time, Etty addresses the question of __________, specifically talking about the Germans.
(a) Hatred.
(b) Love.
(c) Fear.
(d) Ignorance.

5. What serves as a symbol of her materialism?
(a) Etty's clothing.
(b) Etty's diary.
(c) Etty's home.
(d) Etty's eating problem.

6. Etty admits certain weaknesses, mostly having to do with what?
(a) Her family.
(b) Her looks.
(c) Her fear.
(d) Her appetites.

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

8. Hillesum writes that she tried to do what in the house?
(a) Take control.
(b) Keep the peace.
(c) Organize a revolt.
(d) Stand up for the Jews.

9. Etty becomes acutely aware of the individual's responsibility to engage in rigorous _________________.
(a) Exercise.
(b) Self-denial.
(c) Mental purging.
(d) Self-examination.

10. Etty decides to work her way through her negative feelings in hopes of what?
(a) Finding a new family.
(b) Being forgiven by her family.
(c) Coming to a place of acceptance and forgiveness.
(d) Feeling confident without her family's love.

11. Even before reaching Westerbork, Etty Hillesum's ___________ emerges as something independent and infinitely more powerful than her physical self.
(a) Mind.
(b) Psyche.
(c) Soul.
(d) Heart.

12. Etty talks about the importance of living where?
(a) In the future.
(b) In Amsterdam.
(c) In the past.
(d) In the present.

13. This person was the founder of what?
(a) Clinical psychology.
(b) Developmental psychology.
(c) Analytical psychology.
(d) Experimental psychology.

14. Esther ("Etty") Hillesum began writing a dairy in early __________ of 1941.
(a) May.
(b) March.
(c) April
(d) June.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As part of her therapy, Etty and Spier engage in what?

2. Etty admits not being interested in what?

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

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

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

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