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

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

How do the narrator and Deb on one hand, and Mark on the other, disagree about Holocaust survivors? (from Part 2)

The narrator and Deb believe that they can represent a moral lesson to their children, while Mark does not grant the Holocaust that much significance.

The narrator and Deb believe that survivors should be kind to one another, while Mark thinks it is funny if that is not the case.

The narrator and Deb believe that some survivors are good and some are bad, while Mark thinks that they are all good.

The narrator and Deb believe that it's important to spread survivors' stories, while Mark does not seem concerned.

Why does the narrator not take Mark's criticism of Trev's Judaism seriously? (from Part 4)

He copes with emotional arguments by laughing them off.

He does not care about Judaism one way or another.

He is too hurt to respond fully.

He thinks that Mark's appraisal of Trev is superficial.

Why is it hypocritical that the narrator calls the Anne Frank game an "active pathology" of Deb's? (from Part 5)

He has his own problematic obsessions with the Holocaust that he ignores.

He invented the Anne Frank game, but got bored of playing it years ago.

He was discussing it and other "games" they play with a sense of humor and excitement, just a moment before.

She is his wife, and he should be more respectful of her passions.

What does Deb's large, fully-stocked pantry represent to Mark and Lauren? (from Part 5)

The abundance and ease of Jewish life in South Florida.

The materialism that is destroying American Jews.

The waste in American culture.

The wealth of the narrator and Deb.