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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 becomes acutely aware of the individual's responsibility to engage in rigorous _________________.
(a) Mental purging.
(b) Self-examination.
(c) Exercise.
(d) Self-denial.

2. In February of 1942, several professors and other acquaintances of Etty's are sent where as prisoners of the Nazis?
(a) To Sachsenhausen.
(b) To Belzec.
(c) To the Warsaw ghetto.
(d) To Veluwe.

3. Hillesum writes that on Sunday, June 14, 1941 the German government begins to round up and ____________ the Jews.
(a) Centralize.
(b) Scold.
(c) Humiliate.
(d) Kill.

4. What becomes Etty Hillesum's main focus?
(a) Spiritual growth.
(b) Saving the Jews.
(c) Herself.
(d) Her writing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What eventually leads Hillesum down the path of physical isolation and often results in illness of one sort or another?

2. Even before reaching Westerbork, Etty Hillesum's ___________ emerges as something independent and infinitely more powerful than her physical self.

3. Etty acknowledges _____________ that is inherent in all human beings.

4. Who was Etty's favorite author?

5. Hillesum is ___________; someone who is actively involved in examining the world and her perceptions thereof from the inside out rather than the other way around.

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the men for whom Etty has feelings.

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Etty say about evil?

8. Why did Etty begin this diary?

9. What does Etty reveal about Spier? How does Etty, at this point, feel about Spier?

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

(see the answer keys)

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