Anne Frank Poem

1. How do the phrases “herded together,” “barb of wire,” and “forbidding shapes” contribute to the meaning of the poem?

• They draw attention to the narrator’s strong distaste for museums in Amsterdam.

• They emphasize the narrator’s recognition of the grim history the tourists are observing.

• They reflect the narrator’s increasing hopelessness as she travels through the house.

• They highlight the tourists’ melancholy reactions to their own personal struggles.

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2. Which of the following best identifies the theme of the poem?

• Heroes can inspire others through the suffering they endure.

• Paying respect to the suffering of others is important, even if it is difficult.

• The tourists think Van Gogh endured more suffering than Anne Frank.

• We should honor people who suffered during the Holocaust.

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3. Which lines from the poem best support the theme?

• “tourists who would rather be/ somewhere else/ but who wait here on stairs/ so steep they must rise/ to some occasion.” (Lines 7-11)

• “high in the empty loft,/ in the quaint toilet,/ in the skeleton/ of a kitchen/or on the map-” (Lines 12-16)

• “And across Amsterdam it is raining/ on the Van Gogh Museum/ where we will hurry next” (Lines 22-24)

• “to see how someone else/ could find the pure/ center of light/within the dark circle/ of his demons” (Lines 25-29)

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4. Which lines from the poem conveys the speaker's view of the tourists ?

• tourists who would rather be/somewhere else (Lines 7-8

• herded together under the shadow/of their umbrellas (Lines 4-5)

• so steep they must rise/to some occasion (Lines 10-11)

• It is raining on the house/of Anne Frank (Lines 1-2)

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5. The author uses rain to

• express washing away of the past.

• compare the rain to real problems of the Frank family.

• symbolize that people can't be forced to do something unwanted.

• illustrate the suffering of the past.

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