From the Diary of Anne Frank

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 From the Diary of Anne Frank

Extract Based Questions (MCQ)

Read the following extracts carefully and answer the questions that follow:

1. To enhance the image of this long- awaited friend in my imagination, I don't want to jot down the facts in this diary the way most people would do, but I want the diary to be my friend and I'm going to call this friend "Kitty".

(i) Who is the long-awaited friend mentioned in the extract?

(a) Mrs Kuperus            (b) Anne's grandmother       (c ) Her diary      (d) Margot

(ii) Anne Frank decided to maintain a diary because ______________

(a) she had no close friends                      (b) she was a good writer

(c ) she loved to express her thoughts     (d) she wanted to be different

(iii) She wanted to write in her diary about ________________

(a) her family                                            (b) each and every details of her life

(c ) her perspectives                                  (d) her school

(iv) _______________ means 'to write something quickly'.

(a) Long-awaited                                        (b) Jot down

(c ) To enhance                                            (d) Call his friend Kitty

(v) Which of the following is TRUE about the characteristic of Anne Frank?

(a) She was a out spoken and extrovert person.

(b) She was a reserved and introvert person.

(c ) She shares everything with her friends.

(d) She was a careless person.

2. That evening, after I'd finished the rest of my homework, the note about the essay caught my eye. I began thinking about the subject while chewing the tip of my fountain pen. Anyone could ramble on and leave big spaces between the words, but the trick was to come up with convincing argument to prove the necessary of talking.

(i) Anne was asked to write an essay on __________

(a) Necessity of Talking                                 (b) A Chatterbox

(c ) Need of Talking                                       (d) None of these

(ii) What does the write in her essay?

(a) That it is inherited                                    (b) It is habitual

(c ) She cannot cure it.                                   (d) All of these

(iii) Why was she assigned the essay?

(a) It was a homework                                   (b) It was a project

(c ) It was a punishment                                 (d) It was for the school magazine

(iv) _______________ in the extract means 'to write aimlessly for long'.

(a) Caught          (b) Ramble                  (c ) Convincing            (d) Necessity

3. I wrote the three pages Mr. Kessing had assigned me and was satisfied. I argued that talking is a student's trait and that I would do my best to keep it under control, but that I would never be able to cure myself of the habit, since my mother talked as much as I did.

(i) Mr. Keesing asked Anne to write _________________

(a) an essay on herself                                   (b) an essay on chatterbox

(c ) an essay on her friend                              (d) an essay on her family

(ii) Anne argued that _________________

(a) Talking was a necessary trait for any student (b) sleeping was a necessary trait for any student

(c ) cleaning was a necessary trait for any student (d) thinking was a necessary trait for any student

(iii) Who was Mr. Keesing?

(a) Anne's relative                                           (b) Anne's teacher

(c ) Anne's counsellor                                     (d) Anne's principal

(iv) Choose the option that lists the set of sentences that are NOT TRUE according to the given extract.

(a) Anne Frank was very talkative.

(b) She was punished for her talkative nature.

(c ) She had inherited that trait from her mother.

(d) Anne was failed by Mr Keesing.

(e) Anne was punished thrice.

4. "Paper has more patience than people". I thought of this saying on one of those days when I was feeling a little depressed and was sitting at home with my chin in my hands, bored and listless, wondering whether to stay in or go out. I finally stayed have more patience, and since I'm not planning to let anyone else read this stiff backed notebook grandly referred to as 'diary', unless I should ever find a real friend, it probably won't make a bit of difference".

(i) What do you imply by "Paper has more patience than people".

(a) Anne believed in the power of writing more than speaking to people.

(b) Anne felt that she could pour her heart out on paper without any hindrance.

(c ) Anne had more faith in sharing her thoughts and feelings with paper.

(d) Anne felt that she could share her feelings openly on paper.

(ii) Pick out qualities that would Anne expect her diary to have if it were a 'real friend'.

(1) Optimistic          (2) Good listener                 (3) Confident            

(4) Energetic           (5) non-judgmental              (6) outgoing         (7) ambitious

(a) 1 and 4         (b) 5,6 and 7             (c ) 2,3 and 5                 (d) 3 and 7

 (iii) Pick out the sentence that brings out the meaning of "brooding" as used in the extract.

(a) The mysterious house on the hill is still brooding above the village.

(b) The people at the stock market always keep brooding about the gains.

(c ) He was brooding over the matter and took a long time to decide.

(d) Suspense and drama were brooding at the site of the investigation.

5. " Mr keesing had a good laugh at my arguments, but when I proceeded to talk my way through the next lesson, he assigned me a second essay. This time it was supposed to be on "An Incorrigible Chatterbox". I handed it in, and Mr Keesing had nothing to complain about for two whole lessons. However, during the third lesson, he'd finally had enough. "Anne Frank, as a punishment for talking in class, write an essay entitled-'Quack, Quack, Quack, said Mistress Chatterbox."  

(i) What convincing argument was made by Anne?

(a) She was talkative just like any other student in the class.

(b) She had the right to be talkative, as it was a classroom and not a prison.

(c ) She had inherited the trait from her mother, so couldn't stop being talkative.

(d) She found it impossible to be quiet like the others as she couldn't change herself.

(ii) What do you imply by "had a good laugh" imply, in the context of Mr Kessing?

(a) He celebrated his ability to make Anne write an essay.

(b) He ridiculed Anne in front of the whole class.

(c ) He pulled up Anne for her arguments in the essay.

(d) He realized the humour in it and was amused.

(iii) Choose the option that best describes Mr Keesing.

(a) jovial and creative                       (b) strict and innovative

(c ) tolerant and strict                        (d) innovative and jovial

(iv) Why do you think Mr Keesing chose the title 'An Incorrigible chatterbox' to Anne, to write on?

(a) Because he expected to make Anne to express her inability to celebrate on such topic.

(b) Because he expected to embarrass Anne and so that would check her indiscipline.

(c ) Because he expected to make her apologise and not repeat her talkative behaviour.

(d) Because he expected to make Anne to explore her creative writing skills.

(v) How did Anne feel when she was punished the third time by Mr Keesing?

(a) She was happy as she had to write three essays on the same topic.

(b) She enjoyed making fun of Mr Keesing in her own way.

(c ) She was worried as she had run out of original ideas for her essay.

(d) She was thrilled at another opportunity to showcase her writing abilities.



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