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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. Etty realizes that it would be unfair as well as counterproductive to return the Germans' ____________ of her own.
(a) Love with hatred.
(b) Fear with love.
(c) Hatred with love.
(d) Hatred with hatred.

2. Etty admits that she is more the kind of person who wears her heart where?
(a) On her sleeve.
(b) On her coat.
(c) In her chest.
(d) In her head.

3. Hillesum refers to a feeling of ______________ toward men as something worthy of resolution.
(a) Ambivalence.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Loathing.
(d) Hatred.

4. Hillesum first meets Julius Spier, who is sometimes simply referred to as __________ in the diary.
(a) Spier.
(b) Julius.
(c) Jules.
(d) S.

5. This person was the founder of what?
(a) Clinical psychology.
(b) Experimental psychology.
(c) Analytical psychology.
(d) Developmental psychology.

Short Answer Questions

1. Etty was a twenty-seven-year-old single woman living where, making her way in the city?

2. She begins each day full of resolve to become a better, more skilled _____________.

3. Spier is a psychoanalyst who specializes in what?

4. Before World War II arrived on her doorstep, Etty Hillesum's main concern was what?

5. Spier's specialty is commonly known as what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. By April 2, 1942, how does Etty feel about Spier?

3. How does Etty's feelings towards her family begin to change?

4. What does Etty say about evil?

5. What becomes more of a presence? How does this affect Etty?

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

7. How is Etty's eating disorder symbolic?

8. What does Etty say about the topic of hatred?

9. Why did Etty begin this diary?

10. Describe the men for whom Etty has feelings.

(see the answer keys)

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