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Anne Frank Background Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Define anti-Semitism.

a)

Prejudice against women

b)

Prejudice against the Jewish people

c)

Prejudice against African Americans

2.

Who are the members of the Frank family?

a)

Anne, Mary (sister), Ester (mother), Oscar (father)

b)

Anne, Meghan (sister), Eleanor (mother), Ollie (father)

c)

Anne, Margot (sister), Edith (mother), Otto (father)

3.

Anne and her family had to go into hiding to escape what tyrannical regime?

a)

Adolf Hitler and his Nazi party

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Fidel Castro

4.

Which of the following are laws the Nazis passed to isolate and dehumanize the Jewish people?

a)

Jewish people had to wear yellow stars on their clothing

b)

Jewish people were banned from riding in buses, trains, and cars

c)

Jewish people couldn't be out after 8 p.m.

d)

All of the above

5.

After Germany lost World War I, its economy was in ruins. The text states, "Hitler, a rising politician, offered Germany a scapegoat: Jewish people." A scapegoat is defined as:

a)

A person who has different religious beliefs than you

b)

A person who is blamed for the wrongdoings of others

c)

A person who is of German descent

6.

In order to escape the rising Nazi party in Germany, Anne's father moved his family to what city when Anne was four years old?

a)

Amsterdam, Netherlands

b)

Paris, France

c)

London, England

7.

Where did the Frank family hide?

a)

An attic of a Christian woman sympathetic to the plight of the Jewish people

b)

An annex above Anne's father's office building

c)

In the attic of their home in Amsterdam

8.

How long did Anne's family remain in hiding?

a)

About two years

b)

About six months

c)

About five years

9.

In April of 1944, Anne wrote in her diary, "I can shake off anything if I write." What does this show about her diary?

a)

She was afraid to write in it for fear of someone reading it one day.

b)

She only wrote in her diary when she was feeling particularly bored.

c)

She used her diary to help vent her strong feelings and emotions.

10.

What happened to Anne's family and the others who were in hiding with them?

a)

They were liberated from their hiding place at the end of the World War II.

b)

They were betrayed by an informant and taken to concentration camps in August of 1944.

c)

They left their hiding place to escape to America in 1944.