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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Hillesum writes that on Sunday, June 14, 1941 the German government begins to round up and ____________ the Jews.
(a) Scold.
(b) Kill.
(c) Humiliate.
(d) Centralize.

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

4. Etty Hillesum's diary begins on what day?
(a) Sunday, June 9, 1941.
(b) Sunday, March 9, 1941.
(c) Sunday, April 9, 1941.
(d) Sunday, May 9, 1941.

5. As part of her therapy, Etty and Spier engage in what?
(a) A kind of arguing.
(b) A kind of yelling.
(c) A kind of dancing.
(d) A kind of wrestling.

6. Does the widower's age concern Etty?
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(c) Sometimes.
(d) Not usually.

7. 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 hopeful.
(b) A seeker.
(c) A lover.
(d) A finder.

8. 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) Controlling.
(b) Organizing.
(c) Centralize.
(d) Regrouping.

9. Etty admits that she is more the kind of person who wears her heart where?
(a) In her head.
(b) In her chest.
(c) On her coat.
(d) On her sleeve.

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

11. Etty returns to a sincere desire to pay more attention to her inner life as a way of bringing about what?
(a) Love.
(b) External change.
(c) Internal change.
(d) Peace.

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

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

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

15. Etty discloses that what life is more important?
(a) Her external life.
(b) Her personal life.
(c) Her love life.
(d) Her internal life.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What becomes Etty Hillesum's main focus?

3. Even before reaching Westerbork, Etty Hillesum's ___________ emerges as something independent and infinitely more powerful than her physical self.

4. Etty decides to work her way through her negative feelings in hopes of what?

5. In February of 1942, several professors and other acquaintances of Etty's are sent where as prisoners of the Nazis?

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