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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Etty interprets speaking openly to her friend as what?

2. What else does Etty come to love?

3. Etty obliges herself to the preservation and dissemination of what?

4. When does Spier die?

5. Etty comes to accept and value her role as what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Hillesum decide she would rather not marry Spier?

4. How do Etty's beliefs affect her actions regarding her safety?

5. What leads to Etty going to Westerbork?

6. What does Etty come to accept, which affects her thoughts, feelings, and obligations?

7. What has happened to Etty's motivations? How does she support this?

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

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

10. To what does Hillesum resign herself?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Westerbork is a concentration camp.

Part 1) Describe this concentration camp. What is the purpose of this concentration camp? How does Etty end up here? What does this reinforce about her?

Part 2) What does Etty learn by being at this camp? How does this affect her? What is learned about Etty while she is at this camp?

Part 3) How does Etty's time at Westebork affect you? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Life and Westerbork is a transient one.

Part 1) Describe this life at Westerbork. Why is it such a transient one? How does this work in the German's favor?

Part 2) How does this lifestyle affect the Jews who live here? How is Etty, in particular, affected? How is her fate foreshadowed at this time?

Part 3) Describe your own life. Has it ever been transient? Why or why not? What type of transient people live in the U.S. today? Why do they live this way? Might this be by choice? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Etty's motivations become increasingly altruistic.

Part 1) How do Etty's motivations become increasingly altruistic? Why do they grow more altruistic? What does this reveal about her?

Part 2) What external motivation does Etty receive for being altruistic? How does this compare to her internal motivation? Which are more important? Why?

Part 3) When have you acted altruistically? Why did you act this way? How did this affect you?

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