View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Etty no longer concerns herself with the need to appear how?
(a) Attractive.
(b) Non-Jewish.
(c) Strong on the outside.
(d) Happy.

2. Etty subsequently learns that Jews in Deventer are no longer allowed to own what?
(a) Homes.
(b) Cars.
(c) Businesses.
(d) Bicycles.

3. Etty continues to insist that life is what?
(a) Valuable and beautiful.
(b) Horrible and depressing.
(c) A waste.
(d) Dangerous and scary.

4. What is the primary reason Etty gives for deciding to change her plans with Spier, prior to his death?
(a) The differences in their ages.
(b) The differences in their beliefs.
(c) The fact he is engaged.
(d) The war.

5. Is Etty aware of the threat that the Germans pose?
(a) Yes, somewhat aware.
(b) No, not at all aware.
(c) Yes, mostly aware.
(d) Yes, well aware.

6. Hillesum resigns herself to what fact?
(a) She will not live for much longer.
(b) Her commitment to herself is also a commitment to her family.
(c) Her faith will become more useful as time goes on.
(d) Of viewing her commitment to life as somehow contributing to the lives of others.

7. Etty writes (what matters most is) "to keep a small corner of ___________ unsullied, come what may."
(a) One's heart.
(b) One's mind.
(c) One's room.
(d) One's soul.

8. HIllesum refuses to blame who for allowing the atrocities against the Jews (and all of humanity) to continue?
(a) The Germans.
(b) God.
(c) The United States.
(d) The Jews.

9. Why might the Jews of Deventer not be allowed to own certain types of property?
(a) The Germans do not believe they are intelligent enough to own property.
(b) The Germans want to slowly take over their lives.
(c) The Jews do not understand how important property is.
(d) The Germans want to hold onto their property until after the war.

10. What does Etty admit to her friend Ru?
(a) Her only hope now is to save her family.
(b) She is afraid of what is to come.
(c) An unshakable faith in God is the main strength of her life.
(d) She wishes she had attempted to escape.

11. Given Etty's propensity toward the ascetic life, what might she think of all the mental exercises in which she participates?
(a) They might be very difficult.
(b) They might be a waste of time.
(c) They might be rather appealing.
(d) They might be a nuisance.

12. What else does she address?
(a) The utility of personal and communal participation in suffering without preconception.
(b) The utility of personal and communal participation in loving without preconception.
(c) The utility of personal and communal participation in having faith without preconception.
(d) The utility of personal and communal participation in having hope without preconception.

13. Etty interprets speaking openly to her friend as what?
(a) An act of freedom.
(b) An act of stupidity.
(c) An act of selfishness.
(d) An act of bravery.

14. How is Etty at the time Spier dies?
(a) She is busy.
(b) She is ill.
(c) She is sad.
(d) She is content.

15. Does Etty rise above her bitterness about the truth of the Jews' plight in Holland?
(a) Only at first.
(b) Yes.
(c) No.
(d) Only much later.

Short Answer Questions

1. Etty is hyper-alert, hyper-conscious of what?

2. Etty's devotion to the higher purpose of carrying out God's will and design for her life becomes what?

3. Does Etty accept her own feeling of bearing a burden?

4. Etty reaches a place of being unwilling to put up what?

5. Where is Etty when Spier dies?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 587 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample