What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank Quiz

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What is the significance of the two couples dancing in a broken hora in the rain? (from Part 5)

It shows how their senses of Judaism cannot connect to each other.

It shows how they have all become close, life-long friends.

It shows how they are all willing to ignore the law against mixed dancing when it's enjoyable.

It shows how, though they identify as Jewish differently, they can still participate in Judaism together.

Why does Mark backpedal and admit that Trev is as Jewish as he himself is? (from Part 4)

Because according to Orthodox Judaism, Jewishness is matrilineal, not based on behaviors or appearances.

Because he feels embarrassed about calling intermarriage a Holocaust.

Because he wants to comfort Deb when she begins to cry.

Because he admits that his stance on Judaism is harsher than it needs to be.

Why does Mark not believe that it is possible to imagine him as non-Jewish, for the purposes of the Anne Frank game? (from Part 6)

His marriage is too important to his sense of identity, and not being Jewish would mean not being married to Lauren.

Judaism is so central to his sense of identity that he cannot imagine his life as anything else.

He does not think you can imagine someone as anything other than what they are.

As an Orthodox Jew, he simply looks too stereotypically Jewish.

Why do Deb and the narrator only usually play the Anne Frank game with their Christian friends? (from Part 6)

Because to them, the Holocaust was a Jewish experience that served as a focal point of their religious identities.

Because all of their friends and neighbors are Christians.

Because they know all Jews would choose to hide their family and friends.

Because it is not as fun to play with Jewish participants.

What is the significance behind Deb mocking the narrator by calling him "Mr. Liberal Open-Minded"? (from Part 2)

She is not sure why he considers himself to be open-minded.

She believes that he can be a hypocrite when it comes to his supposed liberal beliefs.

She thinks you cannot be liberal and Jewish at the same time.

She disagrees with his politically liberal beliefs.