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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Etty later grasps the magnitude of her choice not to do what?
(a) Save her family.
(b) Admit she is a Jew.
(c) Move out of the house.
(d) Go into hiding or attempt to "save" herself in any way.

3. Etty's motivations have become unambiguously ______________.
(a) Difficult to understand.
(b) Selfish.
(c) Strange.
(d) Altruistic.

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

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

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

7. Why does Etty do what she does after Spier's death?
(a) In order to understand her own feelings.
(b) In order to give herself a sense of completion with their relationship.
(c) In order to forget him.
(d) In order to make him understand her feelings.

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. Where is Etty when Spier dies?
(a) In Amsterdam.
(b) In America.
(c) In Germany.
(d) In the concentration camp.

10. Etty praises God when?
(a) In the morning.
(b) At night.
(c) At all times.
(d) At times of mental anguish.

11. At the time of Spier's death, why is Etty not at Westerbork?
(a) She is being transported to Auschwitz.
(b) She is on leave from her duties at Westerbork.
(c) She is very ill.
(d) She is escaping to America.

12. Why does Etty feel guilty about her life, compared to others?
(a) Others are forced to make due with considerably less than her.
(b) She has not given to others as much as she would like.
(c) Others harbor much more fear in their hearts.
(d) She is much more prepared for her future than others.

13. Etty's devotion to the higher purpose of carrying out God's will and design for her life becomes what?
(a) Lost.
(b) More solid.
(c) Less solid.
(d) Destroyed

14. With what idea does Etty deal?
(a) The idea of one's own mortality.
(b) The idea of loving those who hate you.
(c) The idea of willingly, fearlessly bearing one's own burdens and the burdens of those in one's community.
(d) The idea of having faith in something that you cannot see.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hillesum resigns herself to what fact?

2. It is at this time that Etty realizes that she and Spier may have no future because of what?

3. Etty refuses to allow what to lapse?

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

5. When does Etty not allow her faith to lapse?

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