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Chapter 7, , The Girl who was Anne Frank, , Jong, , Louis De, , I. Answer briefly the following questions., Question 1., Why does the Professor say, “I have read Anne Frank’s diary”?, Answer:, The professor said that he had read Anne Frank’s diary when an argumentative, young student asked him how he knew that the human race was worth saving., Question 2., What does his statement imply?, Answer:, His statement implies that every human race was worth saving as all races were, precious., Question 3., What was Anne’s father?, Answer:, Anne’s father, Otto Frank was a banker, living in Germany., Question 4., Give any one example to prove the popularity of Anne Frank’s Diary., Answer:, Once Anne Frank’s diary was published by her father, numerous people sent small, presents, some exquisite dolls were made for him by Japanese girls. On the, birthdays of Anne and Margot flowers arrived anonymously.(Other examples) The, diary has now been published in 19 languages including German and has sold, nearly 2 million copies., Question 5., a) Name the members of Mr. Otto Frank’s family, Answer:, The family members of Mr.Otto Frank were his wife, Mrs. Frank, and his two, daughters, Margot and Anne. His mother was alive but she had emigrated to, Switzerland long before., b) What impression did people have about Anne?, Answer:, Most people had the impression that Margot, Anne’s elder sister was more promising, and Anne was not particularly a brilliant student., Question 6., Why did Otto Frank decide to migrate to Netherlands? Give two reasons.
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Answer:, Otto Frank decided to migrate to Netherlands in the autumn of 1933, because Hitler, began issuing anti-Jewish decrees one after another, and because Netherlands was, hospitable enough for him to start a small firm., Question 7., Who was Mr. Van Daan?, Answer:, Mr. Van Daan was a fellow refugee whom Otto Frank took in as a partner of his firm., Question 8., What qualities of Mr. Frank did his staff admire?, Answer:, Mr. Frank’s staff admired him for his warm personality. They admired his courage, and the evident care he took to give his two girls a good education., Question 9., Paragraph 7 refers to a lucky fact. What was that lucky fact?, Answer:, The lucky fact was that the Franks lived in a town surrounded by friends and the girls, led a happy life. This was lucky because the Frank family could only rarely afford a, holiday and they did not even own a car., Question 10., What finally forced Frank to go into hiding?, Answer:, Early in July 1942, Margot Frank was called up for deportation but she did not go., This forced Frank to go into hiding., Question 11., Where did Otto Frank and others hide themselves in?, Answer:, Otto Frank prepared to hide in his own business office with his family members. So, he secretly prepared a few derelict rooms on the upper floors called the ‘Annexe’., His family and their friends the Van Daan family along with a Jewish dentist hid, there., Question 12., In all, how many people managed to hide in the Annexe? Who were they?, Answer:, In all, eight people hid in the Annexe. They were Mr. Otto Frank, his wife, and his two, daughters, the three members of the Van Daan family and a Jewish dentist., Question 13., What helped the hiding party to establish contact with the outside world?, Answer:, The hiding party had the link with the outside world only by the radio and the four
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courageous staff members of Otto Frank, two of whom were typists who brought, them food, magazines, and books secretly., Question 14., What did Anne Frank record in her diary?, Answer:, Anne Frank recorded her life in the Annexe with all its inevitable tensions and, quarrels. She created a wonderful and delicate record of adolescence with complete, honesty of a young girls’ thoughts and feelings, her longing and loneliness. Her diary, reveals the trust she puts in a wise father; her grief because, as she feels it, her, mother does not understand her; the ecstasy of a first, rapturous kiss, exchanged, with the Van Daans’ 17-year-old son; finally, the flowering personality, eager to face, life with adult courage and mature self-insight., Question 15., How did Anne compare herself to a song-bird?, Answer:, Anne compared herself to a songbird whose wings have been brutally torn out and, who is flying in utter darkness against the bars of its own cage., Question 16., What does Anne reveal about her mother in the diary?, Answer:, Anne reveals her grief because she feels that her mother does not understand her., These thoughts are penned in her diary., Question 17., How does Anne try to keep the diary a secret?, Answer:, Anne wanted to keep the diary ,a small book bound in a tartan cloth, secret from, everyone, so she used to hide them in her father’s brief-case., Question 18., Pick out from paragraph 16 two examples of the inhuman treatment of the Jews by, the Nazis., Answer:, The Jews were carried in cattle-trucks to Auschwitz, the Nazi death camp in, Southern Poland. The men and women were placed in separate camps and tortured, so much that most of them died of exhaustion., Question 19., Why does the writer call Anne a courageous leader?, Answer:, The writer calls Anne a courageous leader because when there was nothing to eat,, she used to boldly go to the kitchen at the Auschwitz Concentration Camp to ask for, food. She used to advise her sister and others to never give in.
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Question 20., Paragraph 18 gives a vivid picture of Anne’s last day in the concentration camp. Pick, out all the details of her pathetic physical state., Answer:, Anne and her sister were transported to Belsen, another camp between Berlin and, Hamburg. She was old, hungry, her head shaved and her almost skeleton body, dressed in the coarse, shapeless, striped garb of the Concentration Camp. She was, pitifully weak, her body racked by typhoid fever., Question 21., When and where did Miep find Anne’s diary?, Answer:, Miep found Anne’s diary when she returned to Annexe, a week after the Frank family, had been arrested., Question 22., The writer says that if Miep had read Anne’s diary, she would have destroyed it. Why, does the writer think so?, Answer:, Anne had written in a detailed manner about the help given by Miep and other, people to her family at the risk of their own lives. If Miep had read the diary, she, would have destroyed it for reasons of safety., Question 23., Why does Mr. Frank take many weeks to finish reading the diary?, Answer:, It took Mr. Frank many weeks to finish reading the diary as he used to break down, after every few pages overcome by emotion and pain., Question 24., What became the mission of Mr. Frank’s life?, Answer:, The care of his daughter’s diary became the passion and mission of Mr. Frank’s life., Question 25., How did Mr. Frank spend the money he got from the publishers?, Answer:, Mr. Frank spent all the money he got from the publishers as royalties on, humanitarian causes which, he felt, would have been approved by Anne., Question 26., How did the German audiences respond, to the tragic play of Anne Frank?, Answer:, The German audiences responded to the tragic play of Anne Frank in silent remorse., People did not even go out during the interval and sat in their seats as if afraid of the, lights outside and ashamed of facing each other.
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Question 27., How did “The Diary of Anne Frank” succeed where German administrators had, failed?, Answer:, The post-war administrators had toiled for years to make people realize the, senseless and criminal nature of the Nazi regime, but they had failed. The Diary of, Anne Frank succeeded in doing what the administrators had failed to do., Question 28., Why did the people of Berlin choose her name for Anne Frank Home?, Answer:, The people of Berlin chose her name for Anne Frank home because she symbolized, the spirit of racial and social tolerance., II. Close Study, Read the following extracts carefully. Write the answers to the questions, Question 1., “I have read Anne Frank’s Diary”, a. Who is the speaker?, Answer:, The speaker is the professor., b. To which question is this statement an answer?, Answer:, The statement is an answer to the question – how the professor knew that the, human race was worth saving – posed by a student., c. What does the speaker imply in this statement?, Answer:, The professor implies that every race is precious and therefore is worth saving., Question 2., “In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart”, a. Whose words are these?, Answer:, These are the words of Anne Frank., b. What does ‘everything’ refers to?, Answer:, It refers to the atrocities committed by the Nazis on the Jews., c. What quality of the speaker is revealed here?, Answer:, It talks about the quality of compassion, love, and forgiveness in Anne Frank towards, the Germans.
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III. Paragraph Writing, Question 1., How did Anne’s Diary open the eyes of Germans to the viciousness of racial, persecution?, Answer:, 1. When Anne’s diary was published, it became popular worldwide., 2. It was made into a play by Francis Godrich and Albert Hackett. Won the, Pulitzer Prize, and was played in 20 countries to two million people., 3. Audiences received Anne’s tragedy in a silence heavy with remorse. In, Dusseldorf, people did not even go out during the interval., Paragraph: After the war, it was estimated, of the 107,000 Jews deported from the, Netherlands between 1942 and 1944, only 5,000 survived. An estimated 30,000, Jews remained in the Netherlands, with many people aided by the Dutch, underground. Approximately two- thirds of this group survived the war. Anne’s diary, gave them an insight into a world of destruction from the viewpoint of a young person, trapped in a vicious world. A word of hatred that should have worn out her spirit, but, in fact, it did the opposite of Anne and she held on to her hope in mankind more, strongly than ever. The Diary of Anne Frank succeeded in making Germans open, their eyes to the viciousness of racial persecution., Question 2., From your study of this write- up, what do you understand about Anne Frank’s mind, and heart?, Answer:, 1., 2., 3., 4., , Anne was a gregarious girl and found imprisonment very cruel., But she had a positive mind and could create a friendly world for herself., She was very articulate and sensitive to everything around her., Different from the other two teenagers in the same house., , Paragraph: Anne continued to struggle with the thought as to how she could be a, good person when there were so many obstacles in her world. She wrote eloquently, about her confusion over her identity. Anne thought philosophically about the nature, of war and humanity and about her role as a young Jewish girl in a challenging, world. From her diary, it is clear that she had the potential to become an engaging,, challenging, and sophisticated writer., Question 3., What glimpses of Nazi cruelty do you see in this write- up?, Answer:
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1. Nazis were hateful towards Jews., 2. Jews had to follow many rules., 3. They were called up by the police without any reason and deported to, concentration camps., 4. They were made to starve and die in the concentration camps. Members of, families were separated, and children died of typhoid., Paragraph: The Jews were transported in cattle trucks filled way beyond capacity., On arrival, the adults were usually taken directly to the gas chambers. Anne was 15, and escaped the gas chamber along with her mother and sister. But starvation,, disease, and typhus killed them in the holocaust camps. Human dignity was stripped, in these camps and every day was a struggle physically and emotionally. The Nazis, had no compassion for women and children too. Women and children were kept in, very pathetic conditions without proper food or attire. Thus the Nazis treated the, Jews with utmost cruelty and barbarism.
