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Quotes
History
Miscellaneous
Act 1 Plot
Act 2 Plot
100
"In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart."
Who is Anne?
100
The year the United States entered WWII
What is 1941
100
Someone who is unembarrassed or unashamed is...
What is unabashed?
100
When does the flashback occur in the story?
When Anne's voice joins Mr. frank's as he reads the diary.
100
How long have they been in hiding at the beginning of Act 2?
A year and a half
200
"There are no walls, there are no bolts, no locks that anyone can put on your mind."
Who is Mr. Frank?
200
Jews had to wear this on their clothing as identification
What is a yellow Star of David?
200
Two examples that show Anne is very childish and immature at the beginning of the play.
What is (varied)?
200
The VERY beginning of the play, when Mr. Frank is in the annex alone, starts in what year?
1945
200
According to the play, how do the Nazis find them?
What is the thief tells on them?
300
"The only thing I feel...there's so little food as there is...and to take in another person..."
Who is Mr. Van Daan?
300
The most notorious death camp
What is Auschwitz?
300
What surprising fact do viewers learn about Dussel during the Hanukkah celebration?
What is he is not a practicing Jew?
300
How are Anne's and Peter's feelings about the Star of David different and how do you know?
Anne won't burn hers because she is religious whereas Peter feels it's a sign of oppression and burns his.
300
Mr. Van Daan sells ________________ to buy _____________.
Mrs. Van Daan's fur coat / cigarettes
400
"No! Not like St. Nicholas! What kind of Jew are you that you don't know Hanukkah?"
Who is Mrs. Van Daan?
400
Three things Jews had to face in the ghettos
What are disease, overcrowding, starvation, murder?
400
Why is it ironic that Mrs. Van Daan doesn't like Anne and peter spending so much time together?
What is she flirts with Mr. Frank and she teased Peter about having a girlfriend during Act 1?
400
Why don't Anne and Mrs. Frank get along?
Anne is wild and energetic and Mrs. Frank is prim and proper; Mrs. Frank treats Anne like a baby.
400
What does Anne say she wants to be when she grows up in Act 2?
A journalist
500
"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?
500
Resistance fighters who bombed supply railroads and lived in the forests
What are partisans?
500
What is Dussel doing when Mrs. Frank is raging at Mr. Van Daan?
What is he is dividing the potatoes up for each of them?
500
The fact that the audience knows Mr. Van Daan is stealing food even as the other characters don't is an example of ________________.
Dramatic irony
500
The overall theme of the play (think of Anne's last word--we discussed this!)
What is that even in the most desperate circumstances, hope and love can sustain us?