The Diary of Anne Frank Excerpt Quiz

A major difference in Mr. Frank between Scene 1 and Scene 2 is that in Scene 1-

• He feels gratitude for the help provided by Miep Gies

• He is overwhelmed by a mix of grief and bitterness

• He wishes that he had taken his family out of Amsterdam

• He is haunted by memories of life in a concentration camp

Why does Mr. Frank want to burn all of the papers Miep hands him in Act One, Scene 1?

• Because the papers bring back painful memories

• Because the room is a mess and he wants it clean

• Because he doesn’t want her to know what they say

• Because he doesn’t think they contain anything important

Which detail supports the fact that the selection is a piece of dramatic work?

• Events are told from a third-person point of view.

• Emotions are expressed through dialogue.

• The scene of the play changes throughout the story.

• A narrator describes what will occur in each act.

In Act One, the dialogue between Anne and Peter reveals-

• They have a number of things in common

• They did not have many friends when they were at school

• Anne looks up to Peter because he is a few years older

• Anne is lively and sociable, but Peter is shy and awkward

The word sparse comes from the Latin word spargere, which means “to scatter”. What does sparsely mean in Act One, paragraph 4?

• Abundantly

• Minimally

• Lavishly

• Cheaply

How do the playwrights transition between Scene 1 and Scene 2 of Act One?

• They begin the second scene by changing locations from the first scene.

• They begin the second scene by depicting the events described in Anne’s diary at the end of the first scene.

• They begin the second scene by continuing the passage from Anne’s diary that ended the first scene.

• They begin the second scene by further describing the characters who speak in the first scene.