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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 returns to a sincere desire to pay more attention to her inner life as a way of bringing about what?
(a) Peace.
(b) Love.
(c) External change.
(d) Internal change.

2. Etty Hillesum's diary begins on what day?
(a) Sunday, April 9, 1941.
(b) Sunday, May 9, 1941.
(c) Sunday, June 9, 1941.
(d) Sunday, March 9, 1941.

3. Etty feels a certain amount of ___________ toward Spier.
(a) Love.
(b) Fear.
(c) Resentment.
(d) Anxiety.

4. Much of the discomfort among those living in the house stemmed from what?
(a) People's hatred of the Jewish cook, Käthe.
(b) People's mistrust of the Jewish cook, Käthe.
(c) People's hatred of the German cook, Käthe.
(d) People's mistrust of the German cook, Käthe.

5. Hillesum lives in a house owned by a widower named _________________.
(a) Han Wegerif.
(b) Handel Wagner.
(c) Heinz Wiener.
(d) Hansel Wolff.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Etty's favorite author?

2. Etty talks about the importance of living where?

3. Etty experiences a problem with overeating, which she attributes to what greed?

4. 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.

5. Esther ("Etty") Hillesum began writing a dairy in early __________ of 1941.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe the men for whom Etty has feelings.

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

7. What does Etty do to become closer to God?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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