From the diary of anne frank Flashcards
Why does Anne feel that paper has more patience than people?
Anne feels that paper has more patience than people. There was a time when she was a little depressed and sat at home. She doesn’t want anyone else, except her, to read her ‘stiff-backed’ notebook unless she finds a real friend. She keeps the diary as she doesn’t have a friend.
Why does Anne find diary writing as a strange experience?
Anne Frank thinks that writing a diary is a strange experience for her. She has never written anything like this before. She feels that no one else, except her, will be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old schoolgirl. She writes it for herself. She wants to get all kinds of things off her chest.
Describe all the essays that Mr. Keesing had assigned Anne to do.
The Maths teacher gives her some extra work to write an essay on ‘A Chatterbox’. She writes three pages. She argues in the essay that talking is a student’s trait. She promises to keep it under control. She feels that she will never be able to cure herself of the habit. Her mother also talked as much as she does. It is an inherited trait. Mr Keesing has a good laugh at her arguments in the essay. He assigns her a second essay on ‘An Incorrigible Chatterbox’ Finally, as punishment for talking in the class, he gives her another essay on “Quack, Quack, Quack, said Mistress Chatterbox”. The class gives a roar of laughter. Her friend, Sanne, is good at poetry. She offers to help her. Anne wants to turn the table on Mr Keesing. She finishes the poem about a mother duck and a father swan with three baby ducklings. They are bitten to death by the father because they quack too much. Mr Keesing understands the poem and its message in the right way. Since then she has been allowed to talk. She has not been assigned with any extra homework.
Anne Frank is___________ old.
13
Who helped Anne to write the essay in verse?
Sanne
Anne was born in Frankfurt in Germany when she was four, her father emigrated to
holland
When was Anne born?
1929
Who was Mrs Kuperus?
Anne’s teacher in the sixth form
What date did Anne make her first entry in her Diary?
20 June 1942
Why was Anne’s whole class quaking in boots?
the teachers were going to announce their annual result
What did she do when she was depressed?
She sat at home bored and listless.
How many people can she call her friends?
There are thirty people whom she can call her friends.
When were her parents married?
His father was married at the age of 36 and mother at the age of 25.
Character Sketch of Mr. Keesing
Mr Keesing was an old fashioned teacher of maths in Anne Frank’s school. He was rather strict with his students and didn’t allow much talking in the class. He was annoyed with Anne as she talked too much in the class. Being irritated, he gave several warnings to her. Ultimately, he assigned her to write an essay on ‘A Chatterbox’. Anne wrote the essay justifying that talking is a student’s trait. She inherited this trait from her mother. Mr Keesing was not amused. He assigned her two more essays. They were: ‘An Incorrigible Chatterbox’ and ‘Quack, Quack, Quack, said Mistress Chatterbox’. Anne wrote the story of three ducklings who were beaten to death by their cruel father because they quacked too much. The essay gave the right message to Mr Keesing. By chance, the joke fell on him. He was a transformed man now. He allowed Anne talking and never assigned her any extra homework again
What was the title of the third essay?
‘Quack. Quack. Quack. said Mistress Chatterbox.’
What was the name of Anne’s mother?
Her mother name was Edith Hollander Frank.
What does Anne write in her first essay?
In her first essay, titled ‘A Chatterbox’, Anne wanted to come up with convincing arguments to prove the necessity of talking. She wrote three pages and argued that talking was a student’s trait and she would do her best to keep it under control.
How did Sanne help Anne Frank in writing the third essay?
Sanne was Anne’s close friend, and good at poetry. She helped Anne write the third essay in verse. It turned out to be a good poem, and even the teacher, Mr Keesing, took it in the right way.
How did Anne want her diary to be different?
Anne did not want to jot down the facts in her diary, the way most people do. She wanted the diary to be her friend. She called it a kitty. She wrote about her feelings and experiences in it. It was a mature work, reflecting deep insight.
Explain ‘teachers are the most unpredictable creatures’.
Explain ‘teachers are the most unpredictable creatures’.Anne and her classmates thought that teachers were the most unpredictable creatures’ as nobody would know what there was in their minds and what their next step would be.
How do you know that Anne was close to her grandmother?
Anne lived with her grandmother for some months when her parents went to Holland. She loved her deeply. When her grandmother died, Anne felt sad. She often thought about her. So she was close to her grandmother.
Why was Anne in tears, when she left the Montessori School?
When Anne was in the sixth form in the Montessori School, her teacher was Mrs Kuperus, the headmistress. Anne loved her teacher deeply. She also showed affection to Anne. So when Anne left the Montessori school, she was in tears.
Why does Anne think it prudent and wise to provide a brief sketch of her life?
Anne Frank calls her diary ‘Friend Kitty’. She addresses all her writings to Kitty. For readers, it would be rather difficult to understand ‘a word’ of her stories to Kitty. So, instead of plunging ‘right in’, she thinks it wise to provide a brief sketch of her life. Though she dislikes doing so.
Why did Anne Frank feel suffocated?
Anne Frank was a very sensitive girl. She was cut off from the mainstream of life, her friends and her people. She was living in a hiding to escape being arrested by the Nazi agents in Holland. Moreover, even with so-called friends, she could not share her intimate and personal feelings and problems. She felt suffocated. She was left with no alternative than opening out her heart through the pages of her diary. ‘Kitty’ her diary became her most intimate friend.
