1a. What happens when Miep brings the cake during the beginning of Act Two?
2a. What goals does Anne have for the future?
3a. What words does Mr. Frank speak in the last line of the play?
1b. Why do you think the families and Dussel fight over something so petty?
2b. Why do you think it's so important to Anne to have goals for the future?
3b. What do you think he means by this?
4a. Compare and contrast the relationship between Anne and Peter from Act One to Act Two. In what ways does their relationship change?
4b. How do Peter's and Anne's parents feel about the friendship between Anne and Peter? How do Peter and Anne feel about their parents' reactions? Why is there friendship so important to Anne? to Peter? How do the circumstances under which they are living impact their friendship? Explain.
5a. How do you think Mr. Frank views Mr. Van Daan? Why do you think Mr. Frank is always careful to keep his emotions to himself?
5b. Imagine you are Miep or Mr. Kraler. What span of emotions do you think you might have experienced during the two years and one month that the Franks, Van Daans, and Dussel were hiding in the attic?
Setting. How does setting affect the real-life characters in this play? Contrast the setting in which the action of the play takes place with the "outside world" that the characters are isolated from. Identify details that describe noises and events from the "outside world." How do noises and events outside affect the characters in hiding? What are their sources of information about the outside? Anne in particular focuses on the world outside. Identify instances where this is evident. How does her interest in the outside world help her to deal with the situation under which she is living?
1. Choose an event from the play, and write Anne's diary entry describing the event and her feelings about it.
2. Write the thank-you note Mr. Frank might have written to Miep and Mr. Kraler after the war.
3. Write a personal letter to Anne Frank telling her how the story of her life affected your life.
Writing Definitions. In your own words, write a brief demonstration for the following Words for Everyday Use.
1. anticipate:
2. bewildered:
3. convulsive:
4. fixed:
5. inarticulate:
6. intimate:
7. pretense:
8. relish:
9. rigid:
10. stealthily:
Identifying Kinds of Nouns. Review the Language Arts Survey 3.51, "NamersÑNouns and Pronouns." Then identify the underlined noun in each of the following sentences as common or proper, concrete or abstract.
1. The dog chewed on the ball.
2. At the Museum of Modern Art we mainly looked at sculptures.
3. The excitement in the room was obvious.
4. We left for Japan in the early morning.
5. His smile was contagious.
6. It wasn't until much later that I could get any sleep.
7. Did you hear the thunder during last night's storm?
8. I still had a little energy after the marathon.
9. Creating art comes from the heart.
10. On Thursday, I've planned a celebration for my birthday.
