Act I, Scenes 1 and 2 due Thursday, December 3
Write either a definition or synonym for each word:
1. Carillon
2. Makeshift
3. Capitulation
4. Portly
5. conspicuous
6. Mercurial
7. What causes Otto Frank to break down and cry in the first scene?
What can the reader infer from this?
8. Who is Miep Gies and what is her relationship to Mr. Frank? Explain, pointing to any clues
from their exchange that provide information.
9. How re Anne Frank and Peter Van Daan similar, and how are they different? Cite evidence
from their initial interaction.
10. How does Otto Frank try to “spin” this negative experience into a positive one? What effect
does this have on Anne?
11. What are Anne’s primary concerns upon entering into hiding? Are her reactions to going into
hiding what you expected? Cite relevant details from the play in your answer.
Act I, Scene 3 due Monday, December 7
12. Dignified
13. Unison
14. Insufferable
15. Sprawling
16. Ration
17. Anne and Peter have been in hiding together for a little while now. Describe their developing
relationship. How do they get along?
18. Why does Anne struggle to get along with her mother? What does this tell you about Anne?
19. What is some new information about Otto Frank that we learn in this scene? What are some
things we can infer about him?
20. What is the source of the disagreement over where the new guest will sleep? How is it
ultimately resolved?
21. What though process allow Brian to overcome hid fear of the bear and return to the
raspberry bushes? Support your answer with details from the text.
Act I, Scenes 4 and 5 due Wednesday, December 9
22. bearings
23. Gingerly
24. Fatalist
25. Ostentatiously
26. Indifference
27. Jubilation
28. What tension has emerged between Anne and Dussel since the previous act? Why has this
happened?
29. What is the “phase” the Anne is going through in Act I, Scene 4, and how does it affect her
relationships with her parents?
30. What is Anne’s’ special surprise for the others in honor of Hanukkah? How do they react?
31. What is the “miracle” of Hanukkah, and how does it resemble the situation in the attic?
Explain, discussing why this legend is thematically significant to the play.
Act II, Scenes 1 and 2 due Friday, December 11
32. Disgruntled
33. Hysterically
34. Inarticulate
35. Blackmail
36. Intuition
37. Complex
38. What has changed in the year between Act I, Scene 5 and Act II, Scene 1? What has remained
the same?
39. What does Dussel accuse Mr. Van Daan of doing in Act II, Scene 1? How does the reader know
his accusations have some merit?
40. How has Anne and Peter’s relationship changed? Why do you think this has happened?
41. How does Margot react to Anne’s budding relationship with Peter? Why is Anne worried
about her reaction?
Act II, Scenes 3, 4, and 5 due Tuesday, December 15
42. Indignation
43. Pandemonium
44. Insistent
45. Succession
46. Frantic
47. Abruptly
48. What is the big revelation at the beginning of Act II, Scene 3? What does it explain?
49. What are the different “sides” of the confrontation? Whose loyalties rest with whom?
50. How does the group react to the news of the Allies’ Invasion? What effect does it have on
their confrontation?
51. Just before the Nazis arrive, Otto Frank says, “For the past two years we have lived in fear.
Now we can live in hope.” What does this mean?
52. How is question # 51 representative of the THEME of this play?