An Interrupted Life: The Diaries of Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943 Test | Final Test - Easy

Etty Hillesum
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An Interrupted Life: The Diaries of Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943 Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Etty further addresses what concept?
(a) Hope.
(b) Faith.
(c) Love.
(d) Suffering.

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

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

4. Etty remains stalwart in what?
(a) Her refusal to give up Spier.
(b) Her refusal to take the blame for her guilt.
(c) Her refusal to take a negative view of life.
(d) Her refusal to place blame on the Germans.

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

6. Where does Etty live?
(a) In a Jewish household.
(b) In a non-Jewish household.
(c) In an apartment.
(d) In an inn.

7. 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 a waste of time.
(b) They might be very difficult.
(c) They might be a nuisance.
(d) They might be rather appealing.

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

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

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

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

12. Etty obliges herself to the preservation and dissemination of what?
(a) Her thoughts, feelings, and obligations.
(b) Her thoughts and actions.
(c) Her feelings, assumptions, and beliefs.
(d) Her thoughts, actions, and obligations.

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

14. What does Etty do after Spier's death?
(a) She prays for him.
(b) She writes his family a long letter.
(c) She writes Spier a long letter.
(d) She tries to forget about him.

15. HIllesum decides that she would rather not do what?
(a) Be a Jew.
(b) Move to a concentration camp.
(c) Believe in God.
(d) Marry Julius Spier.

Short Answer Questions

1. Etty knows that it is simply a matter of time before what happens to her?

2. Why does Etty feel guilty about her life, compared to others?

3. Etty writes, "Ultimately, what matters most is to __________________."

4. What does Etty believe the answer to number 100 would do?

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

(see the answer keys)

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