Class X, From the Diary of Anne Frank, # CBSE # Ch. 4

 

First Flight

4. From the Diary of Anne Frank

Word Meanings

Q1. ‘Musings’ means ______ .

A.      Aimless thoughts

B.      Focused thouthts

C.      Religious thoughts

D.      None of the above

Q2. ‘Listless’ means _______.

A.      Full of vigor

B.      With no energy

C.      Confidently active

D.      None of the above

Q3. ‘Prompted’ means _______.

A.      Cause someone to fall

B.      Depress someone to act

C.      Cause somebody to act

D.      None of these.

Q4. ‘Confide’ means _______.

A.      Tell personal things openly.

B.      Tell personal things privately to a person you trust.

C.      To gain confidence of somebody.

D.      None of these.

Q5. Work with ‘dedication’ bears fruit. We can replace the underlined with _______.

A.      Enthusiasm

B.      Happiness

C.      Devotion

D.      None of these

Q6. A book with a separate space or page for each day, in which you write down your thoughts and feelings or what has happened on that day. Give one word .

A.     Memoire

B.     Log

C.    Diary

D.    None of these.

 

Page No: 51 Comprehension Check

Q1 What makes writing in a diary a strange experience for Anne Frank?

(a)  She was writing in hiding  (b) She had never written something like this before. (c) Probably nobody would be interested in the musings of a young girl. (d) she was too mature to write a diary.

Answer:

A.   (a) & (b)

B.   (b) & (c)

C.   (c) & (d)

D.   None of these

Q2. Why does Anne want to keep a diary?

(a)She loves to write. (b) she doesn’t have friends of her liking. (c) She needs someone to share her personal thoughts. (d) She feels it is her best friend.

A. (a) & (b)

B. (b) & (c)

C. (b), (c) & (d)

D. (a), (c) & (d)

Q3. Why did Anne think she could confide more in her diary than in people?

(a)Diary had more patience than other people. (b) she had no friend who could understand her or appreciate her thoughts. (c) She could safely keep her thoughts in her diary till she met a real friend. (d) She wanted to become a famous writer.

A. (a) & (b)

B. (b) & (c)

C. (a), (b) & (c)

D. All of these.

 

Oral Comprehension Check

Q1. Why does Anne provide a brief sketch of her life?

(a)A good introduction helps the reader to connect with what he should expect. (b) No one would have understood a word of her musings if she had plunged straight away. (c) A introduction does not make any sense if the writing is just the musing of a girl of 13.  (d) An introduction is just a formal way to begin though it is of no worth.

A. (a) & (b)

B. (b) & (c)

C. (c) & (d)

D. (a) & (d)

Q2. What tells you that Anne loved her grandmother?

(a)She loved the stories told by her grandmother. (b) She wrote a poem for her grandmother. (c) No one could understand her intensity of love for her grandmother. (d) Anne lit up one candle during her birthday in her remembrance.

A. (a) & (b)

B. (b) & (c)

C. (c) & (d)

D. (b) & (d)

Page No: 54

Oral Comprehension Check

Q1. Why was Mr. Keesing annoyed with Anne?

(a)Anne never participated in class work. (b) Anne was very talkative. (c) Anne deliberately disturbed the class. (d) Her talks disturbed Mr. Keesing.

A. (a) & (b)

B. (b) & (c)

C. (c) & (d)

D. (b) & (d)

Q2. What did Mr. Keesing ask Anne to do?

(a)He asked her to sit quietly. (b) He asked her to write an essay on, ‘A Chatter Box’. (c) He asked her to make a drawing. (d) He assigned her extra home-work.

A. (a) & (b)

B. (b) & (c)

C. (c) & (d)

D. (b) & (d)

Q3. How did Anne justify her being a chatterbox in her essay?

(a)She argued that if she was a chatterbox than all the children of her age are the same. (b) She argued that chatting is students’ trait. (c) Her grandmother was very talkative. (d) she received this quality from her mother and one can’t do much about an inherited trait.

A. (a) & (b)

B. (b) & (c)

C. (c) & (d)

D. (b) & (d)

Q4. Do you think that Mr. Keesing was a strict teacher?

(a)Mr. Keesing was not a strict teacher. (b) Mr. Keesing was a strict teacher and punished Anne for being talkative. (c) He softened up when he enjoyed her essays very much. (d)He took all the severe measures to curb the nuisance in the class.

A. (a) & (b)

B. (b) & (c)

C. (a) & (c)

D. (c) & (d)

Thinking About the Text

Q1. Was Anne right when she said that the world would not be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old girl?

(a)Yes, Ann was right because later it proved to be so when her father got her diary published. (b) No, Ann was not right because she became one of the most talked about author when her book was published. (c) Anne’s logic was right that people do not want to see the world from a child’s perspective, but the reality is otherwise; her work became a great insight for the world. (d) The saying; Man proposes but god disposes, proved wrong.

A. (a) & (b)

B. (b) & (c)

C. (c) & (d)

D. (a) & (d)

Q2.1  What language was the diary originally written in?

A.  English

B.  German

C.  Hebrew

D.  Dutch

Q2.2  In what ways is the diary different from others?

(a)Her diary was like a true friend in whom she could confide. (b) Anne wrote an introduction. (c) It is like a story book; the reader wants to read till the end. (d) No other diary has been read all over the world like this one.

A. (a) & (b)

B. (a), (b) & (c)

C. (b), (c) and (d)

D. all of these.

Q3. Why does Anne need to give a brief sketch about her family?

A.To connect the reader with herself and the way she feels and writes.

B.To make her famous as a person belonging to a certain background.

C. To write whatever she wants.

D. She does not want to follow the rules of writing.

Q4.1 How does Anne feel about her father?

A.Anne did not like her father very much.

B. Her father was the most adorable person in the world.

C. She remembered her father even after his departure.

D. None of the above.

Q4.2.How does Anne feel about her Grandmother?

(a)She had fond memories of her even after her death. (b) She forgot her Grandmother soon after her death.  (c) No one knew how often she remembered her and still loved her. (d) She wrote an essay on her.

A. (a) & (b)

B. (a) & (c)

C. (c) & (d)

D. All of these

Q4.3 How does Anne feel about her Math teacher, Mr. Keesing?

A.She adored him for his special understanding.

B. She always annoyed him so she was doubtful about her final result whether he would recommend her to the next form or not.

C. She disliked him for scolding her in the class.

D. None of these.

Q5 . Is already done.

Q6. Anne says teachers are most unpredictable. Is Mr. Keesing Unpredictable?

(a)No, he is simple and straightforward. (b) Yes, at first he was annoyed and punished her thrice but later on he simply let her have her own way. (c) Though he punished her still he enjoyed her writings. (d) Anne was weak in Mathematics still Mr. Keesing promoted her.

A. (a) & (b)

B. (b) & (c)

C. (c) & (d)

D. None of these.

Q7.1 Statement: We don’t seem to be able to get any closer, and that’s the problem. May be its my fault that we don’t confide in each other.

It means _______

A.Anne was incapable of making close friends.

B.Anne had many friends but she could not form a very intimate relation with any of them. She feels that she herself is to be blamed .

C. She had many relatives and friends but her parents did not allow them to be able to confide with each other.

D. She was too young to form close relations.             

Q7.2 Statement: I don’t want to jot down the facts in this diary the way most people would, but I want the diary to be my friend.

The statement means _________

A.Most people are unfriendly with their diary.

B. She wanted to express everything that was in her heart in the same way that a person shares everything with his close friend.

C. She did not want to write with a pen she just wanted to talk to her diary.

D. none of these.

Q7.3 Statement: If you ask me, there are so many dummies that about a quarter of the class should be kept back, back, but teachers are the most unpredictable creatures on earth.

The statement means ________

A.All most all the students are capable still the teachers fail to recognize their potential.

B. About one forth of the students are fit to be kept back but the teachers consider them fit for the next class.

C. It is easy to guess that teachers favour some students.

D. None of these.