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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Before World War II arrived on her doorstep, Etty Hillesum's main concern was what?
(a) Her looks.
(b) Her external life.
(c) Her internal life.
(d) Her family.

8. What is this exercise intended to do?
(a) Relieve fear and stress.
(b) Relieve her stress and aggression.
(c) Relieve fear.
(d) Learn what mental illness she has.

9. Etty admits not being interested in what?
(a) Living.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Writing.
(d) Men.

10. Spier's specialty is commonly known as what?
(a) Chiropractic.
(b) Dream interpretation.
(c) Cognitivity.
(d) Reading and studying palms.

11. Etty feels a certain amount of ___________ toward Spier.
(a) Fear.
(b) Resentment.
(c) Anxiety.
(d) Love.

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

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

14. The diary begins as a way for Etty to do what?
(a) Write down her ideas.
(b) Make money.
(c) Work through her feelings.
(d) Become famous.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Etty admits that she is more the kind of person who wears her heart where?

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

3. Who was Etty's favorite author?

4. Etty was a twenty-seven-year-old single woman living where, making her way in the city?

5. Etty experiences a problem with overeating, which she attributes to what greed?

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