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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 refuses to allow what to lapse?
(a) Her love for Spier.
(b) Her driver's license.
(c) Her faith in God.
(d) Her passport.

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

3. Approximately one week later, Etty Hillesum volunteers to do what?
(a) Be deported to Westerbork.
(b) Be sent to America.
(c) Be deported to Auschwitz.
(d) Be a teacher.

4. It is at this time that Etty realizes that she and Spier may have no future because of what?
(a) Their interests.
(b) Their busy schedules.
(c) Their religions.
(d) The war.

5. Etty knows that it is simply a matter of time before what happens to her?
(a) She is saved.
(b) She attempts to escape.
(c) She is allowed to leave.
(d) She is apprehended and transferred to a camp of some sort.

Short Answer Questions

1. Etty writes (what matters most is) "to keep a small corner of ___________ unsullied, come what may."

2. Etty continues to insist that life is what?

3. Where does Etty live?

4. Is Etty aware of the threat that the Germans pose?

5. Etty no longer concerns herself with the need to appear how?

Short Essay Questions

1. On who does Etty rely? How does this affect her emotions?

2. How does Etty feel about the atrocities taking place? How does this also lead to feelings of guilt?

3. What does Etty say about suffering?

4. What does Etty believe one should do to handle the increasingly difficult situation?

5. What is clear by May of 1942?

6. For what does Etty begin to prepare? How might she feel about this exercise?

7. What happens to Etty after Spier's death?

8. What does Etty admit to her friend Ru? How is this significant?

9. Does Etty realize the threat to her way of life? Does this affect her positive attitude? Explain.

10. To what does Hillesum resign herself?

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