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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. This is the word used by the Germans to refer to the process by which large numbers of Jews were captured from their homes and off the streets and then put into ghettos or camps.
(a) Centralize.
(b) Regrouping.
(c) Controlling.
(d) Organizing.

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

5. Etty was a twenty-seven-year-old single woman living where, making her way in the city?
(a) London.
(b) Budapest.
(c) Paris.
(d) Amsterdam.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Hillesum first meets Julius Spier, who is sometimes simply referred to as __________ in the diary.

3. Etty decides to work her way through her negative feelings in hopes of what?

4. Who encouraged Julius Spier to go into a practice and take on clients?

5. As part of her therapy, Etty and Spier engage in what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the men for whom Etty has feelings.

2. What does Etty say about evil?

3. How does Etty feel about men? How does she explain this?

4. What is happening to the Jews by June of 1941?

5. Over what does Etty want to gain control? What does she resolve to do every day?

6. How does Etty's faith continue to grow?

7. How does Etty begin to change significantly and radically?

8. Why did Etty begin this diary?

9. Of what does Etty admit she is guilty? How does this then lead to a spiritual discussion?

10. What is Etty's opinion of marriage for herself? Why might she feel this way?

(see the answer keys)

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