Characters
The Play
Hanukkah
Quotations
English Terms
100
This character is allergic to cats.
Who is Dussel
100
The play primarily occurs during this decade.
What is the 1940s
100
The gift given to Mr. Van Daan.
What are cigarettes.
100
"In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart."
Who is Anne Frank
100
One of the many conflict types presented in the play: an example is Anne struggling with her changing emotions.
What is Man vs. Self
200
Quite flirtatious, she refuses to sell her fur coat.
Who is Mrs. Van Daan.
200
The name of Peter's cat.
What is Mouschi
200
Anne's gift to her mother.
What is an IOU for anything she wants.
200
Of course I'm Jealous...jealous that you've got something to get up in the morning for. But jealous of you and Peter? No.
Who is Margot
200
Constantly changing, Anne is best considered as this type of character.
What is dynamic
300
This character received a crossword puzzle for her "cross words" from Anne for Hanukkah.
Who is Margot
300
The play opens and closes after the war in November of this year.
What is 1945
300
This gift, at first believed to be capsules, are comically lost in Dussel's ears.
What are earplugs
300
"My father used to worry about me, with so many boys hanging round. He told me, if any of them gets fresh, you say to him...'Remember, Mr. So-and-So, remember I'm a lady."
Who is Mrs. Van Daan
300
The audience knowing that the war will not end until 1945 while the characters believe it will end soon in 1942 is an example of this type of irony.
What is dramatic irony.
400
This character states that she has a "mean side" and a "sweeter, nicer side."
Who is Anne Frank
400
This "person," possibly a kleptomaniac or someone wanting a five-finger discount, sneaks into the building. Kraler believes it is this person that called the green police.
Who is the thief
400
Odds and ends of soap mixed with toilet water, Anne gives Mrs. Van Daan this gift.
What is a bottle of shampoo
400
"Please. Please. You make us seem very heroic. It isn't that at all. We simply don't like the Nazis."
Who is Mr. Kraler
400
Anne using the phrase "rest my eyes" rather than sleeping is an example of this figure of speech.
What is euphemism
500
It is sometimes questionable if he loves Petronella or his cigarettes more.
Who is Mr. Van Daan
500
The names of the playwrights, these two also wrote the screen play for the film.
Who are Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
500
Dussel suggests that Peter not use this safety razor, but rather, does this to rid himself of the hair on his upper lip.
What is put a little milk on it and have the cat lick it off.
500
"We don't need the Nazis to destroy us. We're destroying ourselves."
Who is Mr. Frank
500
Using a false name: examples include the Van Pels being called the Van Daans and Sanne Defries being called Jopie de Waal.
What is a pseudonym
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