From the Diary of Anne Frank

Class 10 · English · 31 Questions

1beginner💡 Understand2 marksShort Answer

What makes writing in a diary a strange experience for Anne Frank?

2beginner💡 Understand2 marksShort Answer

Why does Anne want to keep a diary?

3beginner💡 Understand2 marksShort Answer

Why did Anne think she could confide more in her diary than in people?

1beginner💡 Understand2 marksShort Answer

Why does Anne provide a brief sketch of her life?

2beginner💡 Understand2 marksShort Answer

What tells you that Anne loved her grandmother?

2intermediate💡 Understand2 marksShort Answer

How did Anne justify her being a chatterbox in her essay?

3intermediate⚖️ Evaluate2 marksShort Answer

Do you think Mr Keesing was a strict teacher?

4beginner💡 Understand2 marksShort Answer

What made Mr Keesing allow Anne to talk in class?

1intermediate⚖️ Evaluate5 marksLong Answer

Was Anne right when she said that the world would not be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old girl?

2intermediate🔍 Analyze5 marksLong Answer

There are some examples of diary or journal entries in the 'Before You Read' section. Compare these with what Anne writes in her diary. What language was the diary originally written in? In what way is Anne's diary different?

3intermediate🔍 Analyze5 marksLong Answer

Why does Anne need to give a brief sketch about her family? Does she treat 'Kitty' as an insider or an outsider?

4intermediate🔍 Analyze5 marksLong Answer

How does Anne feel about her father, her grandmother, Mrs Kuperus and Mr Keesing? What do these tell you about her?

5beginner🧠 Remember3 marksShort Answer

What does Anne write in her first essay?

6intermediate⚖️ Evaluate5 marksLong Answer

Anne says teachers are most unpredictable. Is Mr Keesing unpredictable? How?

7advanced🔍 Analyze5 marksLong Answer

What do these statements tell you about Anne Frank as a person?

Iintermediate💡 Understand4 marksMatching

Match the compound words under 'A' with their meanings under 'B'. Use each in a sentence.

II.2intermediate🔧 Apply4 marksMatching

Now find the sentences in the lesson that have the phrasal verbs given below. Match them with their meanings. (You have already found out the meanings of some of them.) Are their meanings the same as that of their parts? (Note that two parts of a phrasal verb may occur separated in the text.)

III.1intermediate💡 Understand4 marksShort Answer

Here are a few sentences from the text which have idiomatic expressions. Can you say what each means? (You might want to consult a dictionary first.)

III.2intermediate🔧 Apply4 marksShort Answer

Here are a few more idiomatic expressions that occur in the text. Try to use them in sentences of your own.

V.2intermediate🔍 Analyze3 marksShort Answer

We have seen that some contracted forms can stand for two different full forms: I'd = I had or I would. Find in the text the contracted forms that stand for two different full forms, and say what these are.

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