NCERT SOLUTIONS FOR CLASS 10 - ENGLISH NOTES - FROM THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK - ANNE FRANK - QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS - CBSE

 

FROM THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK

ANNE FRANK

 

ORAL COMPREHENSION CHECK

1) What makes writing in a diary a strange experience for Anne Frank?
Ans: Writing in a diary was a strange experience for Anne Frank as she never had a diary and it's anything but a gift on her thirteenth birthday celebration. She thought of it as her closest companion on whom she was dependent the most and with whom she shared all her good and bad times.

 

2) Why does Anne want to keep a diary?
Ans: Anne consistently feels lonely and bothered so to get off all the burden and pain she needs to keep a diary in which she tracks down a true companion as she has barely any friends whom she could trust in.

 

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

Ans: Anne felt that paper had more patience than individuals to pay attention to her plight. Thus, it was simpler for her to compose all sorts of thoughts which she had to her. Her own diary was not implied for anyone else to read.

 

ORAL COMPREHENSION CHECK

1) Why does Anne provide a brief sketch of her life?

Ans: By giving the brief sketch of her life, Anne needs to give an overview of her family, relatives and her age. This assists the reader to foster an association with the writer.

 

2) What tells you that Anne loved her grandmother?

Ans: Anne lived with her grandma for at sometime while her parents settled down in Holland. She was extremely close to her Grandmother. She writes in her diary. "No one knows how often I think of her and still love her". On her thirteenth birthday celebration by lighting up one candle for Grandmother she shows her love for her.

 

ORAL COMPREHENSION CHECK

1) Why was Mr. Keesing annoyed with Anne? What did he ask her to do?

Ans: Mr. Keesing was annoyed with Anne because she was so talkative in the class. He asked her to do extra homework and punished her to write essays to keep her quite.

 

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

Ans: Anne explained that it was in her heredity that she was very talkative. Even she inherited it from her mother, as she was also very talkative. Thus, she justified her being a chatterbox in her essay.

 

3) Do you think Mr. Keesing was a strict teacher?

Ans: No, Mr. Keesing was not a strict teacher, whatever he had done was only for the wellbeing of his students.

 

4) What made Mr. Keesing allow Anne to talk in class?

Ans: Mr. Keesing allowed Anne to talk in class when Anne wrote her last essay in the poem form. Mr. Keesing understood the lighter side of a naughty child. He recognized generation gap between him and students.

 

THINKING ABOUT THE TEXT

 

1) Was Anne right when she said that the world would not be interested in the musings of a 13 year old girl?

Ans: Yes, Anne was right when she said that world would not be interested in the musings of a 13 year old girl. A large portion of people would prefer not to offer significance to a child's viewpoint toward the world since they are excessively immature for the world. However, Anne Frank has become perhaps the most discussed of all holocaust casualties. Her 'diary' has been translated into many languages and published in so many countries.

2) 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?
Ans:  Anne’s diary was initially written in Dutch language. It has informal tone which displays the careful nature of a teen.

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

Ans: Anne gave an introduction of her family in the 'diary' since it was difficult to make other understand that thirteen years of age young teenager could write on her depression. Kitty was an 'outsider' which was gifted by her parents on her thirteenth birthday celebration however she thought of it as her closest friend and regarded it as an insider.

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

Ans: Anne has fond of memories of her dad, grandma, Mrs. Kuperus and Mr. Keesing, who have had permanent impacts on her mind and influenced her life a lot. The manner in which she addresses every one of them in her diary uncovers that Anne was truly adept at understanding people and developing interpersonal relations.

5) What does Anne write in her first essay?

Ans: Mr. Keesing asked Anne to write an essay on the topic ‘A Chatterbox' as punishment In the essay,  she acknowledged the drawbacks of being talkative however contended that it was in her heredity as her mom was also extremely talkative. It was hard to give up the habit. Indeed, even Mr. Keesing laughed at the contention she had given.

 

6) Anne says teachers are most unpredictable. Is Mr. Keesing unpredictable?

Ans: Anne took ideal example of Mr. Keesing as an eccentric educator because Mr. Keesing appeared to be unconcerned towards Anne's conduct. Prior he laughed however later he permitted Anne to talk in the class post reading her essays.

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

i) We don’t seem to be able to get any closer and that’s the problem. Maybe it’s my fault that we don’t confide in each other.

Ans: Anne is reserved.

2) 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.

Ans: She is self-confident and inventive.

3) Margot went to Holland in December and I followed in February, when I was plunked down on the table as a birthday present for Margot.

Ans: She is humorous as well.

4) If you ask me, there are so many dummies that about a quarter of the class should be kept back, but teachers are the most unpredictable creatures on Earth.

Ans: Anne is intelligent.

5) Anyone could ramble on and leave big spaces between the words, but the trick was to come up with convincing arguments to prove the necessity of talking.

Ans: She has a sense of propriety and convincing attitude.

 

THINKING ABOUT LANGUAGE

I. Look at the following words.

{headmistress,  long-awaited,  homework, notebook,  stiff-backed,  outbursts}

 

These words are compound words. They are made up of two or more words.

Compound words can be:

• Nouns: headmistress, homework, notebook, outbursts

• Adjectives: long-awaited, stiff-backed

• Verbs: sleep-walk, baby-sit

 

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

S. No.	A	B
1)	Heart-breaking	Obeying and respecting the law
2)	Homesick	Think about pleasant things, forgetting about the present
3)	Blockhead	Something produced by a person, machine or organization
4)	Law-abiding	Producing great sadness
5)	Overdo	An occasion when vehicles/machines stop working
6)	Daydream	An informal word which means a very stupid person
7)	Breakdown	Missing home and family very much
8)	Output	Do something to an excessive degree

 

Ans: 1) Heart                -breaking- producing great sadness

2) Homesick                   - missing home and family very much

3) Blockhead        - an informal word which means a very stupid person

4) Law-abiding     - obeying and respecting the law

5) Overdo             - do something to an excessive degree

6) Daydream         - think about pleasant things, forgetting about the present

7) Breakdown       - an occasion when vehicles/ machines stop working

8) Output              - something produced by a person, machine or organization

II. PHRASAL VERBS

A phrasal verb is a verb followed by a preposition or an adverb. Its meaning is often different from the meanings of its parts. Compare the meanings of the verbs get on and run away in (a) and (b) below. You can easily guess their meanings in (a) but in (b) they have special meanings.

 

(a)      • She got on at Agra when the bus stopped for breakfast.

• Dev Anand ran away from home when he was a teenager.

 

(b)     • She’s eager to get on in life. (succeed)

• The visitors ran away with the match. (won easily)

 

Some phrasal verbs have three parts: a verb followed by an adverb and a preposition.

 

(c) Our car ran out of petrol just outside the city limits.

(d) The government wants to reach out to the people with this new campaign.

 

1) The text you’ve just read has a number of phrasal verbs commonly used in English. Look up the following in a dictionary for their meanings (under the entry for the italicized word).

 

(i) plunge (right) in         (iii) ramble on

(ii) kept back                   (iv) get along with

 

2) 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.)

 

1)	Plunge in	Speak or write without focus
2)	Kept back	Stay indoors
3)	Move up	Make (them) remain quiet
4)	Ramble on	Have a good relationship with
5)	Get along with	Give an assignment (homework) to a person in authority (the teacher)
6)	Calm down	Compensate
7)	Stay in	Go straight to the topic
8)	Make up for	Go to the next grade
9)	Hand in	Not promoted

 

Ans: 1) Plunge in          - go straight to the topic

2) Kept back         - not promoted

3) Move up                    - go to the next grade

4) Ramble on        - speak or write without focus

5) Get along with  - have a good relationship with

6) Calm down       - make (them) remain quiet

7) Stay in              - stay indoors

8) Make up for      - compensate

9) Hand in            - give an assignment (homework) to a person in authority (teacher)

III. IDIOMS

Idioms are groups of words with a fixed order, and a particular meaning, different from the meanings of each of their words put together. (Phrasal verbs can also be idioms; they are said to be ‘idiomatic’ when their meaning is unpredictable.) For example, do you know what it means to ‘meet one’s match’ in English? It means to meet someone who is as good as oneself, or even better, in some skill or quality. Do you know what it means to ‘let the cat out of the bag’? Can you guess?

 

1) 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.)

i)  Our entire class is quacking in its boots. Shaking with fear and nervous.

ii)  Until then, we keep telling each other not to lose heart. Not to think about negative side, but hope for the best.

iii) Mr Keesing annoyed with me for ages because I talked so much. For quite a long time.

iv)  Mr Keesing was trying to play a joke on me with this ridiculous subject, but I’d make sure the joke was on him. Joke would be on him only.

2) Here are a few more idiomatic expressions that occur in the text. Try to use them in sentences of your own.
1) Caught my eye: While he was in the market, a beautiful hat had caught my eye.

2) He’d had enough: Sir said that they’d had enough and she wanted all the journals by Monday.

3) Laugh ourselves silly: We laughed ourselves silly on their stupid stunts.

4) Can’t bring myself to: He can’t bring me to terms with this tragedy.

5) Break somebody’s heart: It is not a good habit to break somebody’s house door.

6) Close/Dear to heart: He is very close to her mother’s heart.

7) From the (bottom of) heart: She thanks him from the bottom of her heart for helping her.

8) Have a heart: He requested him to have a heart and look again at his documents.

9) Have a heart of stone: He had never helped anyone because he had a heart to stone.

10) Your heart goes out to somebody: Her heart went out to him when she saw him first time at the bus stop.

 

 

SUMMARY

The writer feels that it is peculiar and strange for her to compose a diary since it is the first occasion when she is doing it. She feels that later on nobody will find out about a young girl's pas experiences. However, then, at that point she takes care of these thoughts and chooses to think of her considerations. The writer is feeling lonely as she has no companions to talk with. She needs to give her need of friend a shape, subsequently chooses to name the diary as "kitty". The writer feels that the paper has more ability to retain thoughts instead of individuals who have low tolerance level. She makes some good time with companions yet can't share everything to them as they are false friends. She refers to her dad as the most adorable who presents her the Diary on her thirteenth birthday celebration.

 

On June 20, 1942, she makes reference to how her class is apprehensive about their results. The writer says that the only subject she is uncertain about is mathematics. She and her companion, G is attempting to prevent the students from making commotion, however without much of any result. As per the author, about the quarter of the class ought not to pass as they don't take part in any exercises.

 

Anne reviews how the mathematics professor is continually bothered by her talkativeness. While talking in his classes he gives her extra schoolwork as punishment. The first punishment is to compose an essay on "Chatterbox", which the writer thinks as weird. She imagines about the topic and chooses to introduce concrete arguments on the side of talking. She composes that she will attempt to better herself yet can't eliminate talking totally. The professor thinks that its interesting however dispenses another topic after she didn't change her tendency.

The topic is an incorrigible chatterbox which refers to a habit that is hard to change. Subsequent to watching out for her, the professor gives her another topic, Quack, Quack, Quack, and Said Mistress Chatterbox, as a punishment. She pursues out of thought composing multiple times on a comparable topic. She chooses to keep in touch with her third topic as a poem and composes a satire and fortunately the professor messes with it. The professor discusses the whole poem before the class and the writer talked uninterruptedly after this.

 

In the story From the Diary of Anne Frank, we can infer that a young student needs to talk and feel joyous to remain intellectually fit.