Form B Anne Frank Quiz - Act I, Scenes 1-5

1. Which of the following early events provides the BEST evidence demonstrating a conflict in personalities between the different people living in the Annex?

• Mr. Frank decides to give the upstairs room to the Van Daans.
• Anne tells her father that she finds algebra unpleasant.
• Mrs. Frank attempts to stop Anne from answering back to the Van Daans because she thinks it is rude.

2. Why does Mr. Frank decide that Mr. Dussel should join them in hiding, in spite of the objections of Mr. Van Daan and Mrs. Frank?

• Mr. Frank's teeth have become bad, and he's happy to have a dentist nearby.
• Mr. Frank hopes Mr. Dussel will pay him money for hiding him.
• Mr. Frank is willing to make sacrifices to save another person.

3. Which of the following events set off the flashback at the beginning of the play?

• Mr. Frank returns to the Secret Annex at the end of the war.
• Anne recounts in her diary the many anti-Jewish laws.
• Mrs. Van Daan tells Anne about the many admirers she had in her youth.

4. Why does Anne get in trouble more often than her sister Margot?

• Anne has been spoiled by her father and has no respect for her elders.
• Margot is quiet and passive, but Anne insists upon vocally expressing her own opinions.
• Anne is clumsy, and she doesn't care about other people's property.

5. Which of the following statements best sums up Peter's feelings toward Anne in the first part of the play?

• He finds her too talkative and resents her constant teasing.
• He thinks she is very attractive and funny.
• He feels embarrassed because she is a popular girl and he doesn't have many friends.

6. Anne was called Mrs. Quack Quack at school because

• had a pet duck.
• she had a white complexion like a duck.
• she was always making "noise" and talking too much.

7. In the opening scene of the play, Anne is not alive.

• True
• False

8. Margot is 18 years old and shy.

• True
• False

9. Mr. Van Daan, Peter's dad, is wealthy and self-centered.

• True
• False

10. Peter was popular and outgoing in school.

• True
• False