Anne Frank Background Quiz

Define anti-Semitism.

• Prejudice against women

• Prejudice against the Jewish people

• Prejudice against African Americans

Who are the members of the Frank family?

• Anne, Mary (sister), Ester (mother), Oscar (father)

• Anne, Meghan (sister), Eleanor (mother), Ollie (father)

• Anne, Margot (sister), Edith (mother), Otto (father)

Anne and her family had to go into hiding to escape what tyrannical regime?

• Adolf Hitler and his Nazi party

• Joseph Stalin

• Fidel Castro

Which of the following are laws the Nazis passed to isolate and dehumanize the Jewish people?

• Jewish people had to wear yellow stars on their clothing

• Jewish people were banned from riding in buses, trains, and cars

• Jewish people couldn't be out after 8 p.m.

• All of the above

After Germany lost World War I, its economy was in ruins. The text states, "Hitler, a rising politician, offered Germany a scapegoat: Jewish people." A scapegoat is defined as:

• A person who has different religious beliefs than you

• A person who is blamed for the wrongdoings of others

• A person who is of German descent

In order to escape the rising Nazi party in Germany, Anne's father moved his family to what city when Anne was four years old?

• Amsterdam, Netherlands

• Paris, France

• London, England

Where did the Frank family hide?

• An attic of a Christian woman sympathetic to the plight of the Jewish people

• An annex above Anne's father's office building

• In the attic of their home in Amsterdam

How long did Anne's family remain in hiding?

• About two years

• About six months

• About five years

In April of 1944, Anne wrote in her diary, "I can shake off anything if I write." What does this show about her diary?

• She was afraid to write in it for fear of someone reading it one day.

• She only wrote in her diary when she was feeling particularly bored.

• She used her diary to help vent her strong feelings and emotions.

What happened to Anne's family and the others who were in hiding with them?

• They were liberated from their hiding place at the end of the World War II.

• They were betrayed by an informant and taken to concentration camps in August of 1944.

• They left their hiding place to escape to America in 1944.