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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 war.
(d) The fact he is engaged.

2. Etty is hyper-alert, hyper-conscious of what?
(a) What is taking place all around her.
(b) The actions of the other Jews.
(c) What is taking place in her heart.
(d) Her actions.

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

4. Etty reminds herself to channel her urges into what?
(a) Protecting her family.
(b) Saving her own life.
(c) Her teaching.
(d) Some more far-reaching acts in service to the community of mankind.

5. When does Spier die?
(a) In April of 1942.
(b) In September of 1942.
(c) In November of 1942.
(d) In January of 1942.

6. After Spier's death, Etty's level of empathy does what?
(a) Rises.
(b) Stays the same.
(c) Fluctuates.
(d) Falls.

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

8. Julius Spier dies of what in September of 1942?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Natural causes.
(c) An accident.
(d) A drug overdose.

9. Etty's reliance is completely on who?
(a) Spier.
(b) Her mother.
(c) God.
(d) Herself.

10. Etty knows that it is simply a matter of time before what happens to her?
(a) She is allowed to leave.
(b) She is apprehended and transferred to a camp of some sort.
(c) She attempts to escape.
(d) She is saved.

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

12. Etty prefers to "be there for everyone" rather than do what?
(a) Be there for no one.
(b) Be there for only herself.
(c) Marry.
(d) Be there for only her family.

13. Etty comes to love what?
(a) Her family.
(b) The world at large.
(c) The Germans.
(d) Herself.

14. Does Etty accept her own feeling of bearing a burden?
(a) No.
(b) Yes, at first.
(c) Yes.
(d) Yes, somewhat.

15. Etty begins preparing herself for life where?
(a) In her own apartment.
(b) In a very small cell.
(c) In a small town.
(d) In Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. Etty's faith in God has grown exponentially. Is this off-putting to her?

2. Etty obliges herself to the preservation and dissemination of what?

3. It serves humanity better to allow a persecutor to witness another's ________________________.

4. What does Etty admit to her friend Ru?

5. Etty later grasps the magnitude of her choice not to do what?

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