What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank Quiz

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As Orthodox Jews, Mark and Lauren are generally not allowed to touch one another in public. Why is it important that Mark reaches out to touch Lauren's hand while they play the Anne Frank game? (from Part 6)

It shows how he no longer cares about the laws of Orthodox Judaism.

It demonstrates the emotional openness of their relationship.

It represents Mark finally giving Lauren the physical intimacy she has been longing for.

It is an attempt on his part to seem warm and caring to her while she deliberates.

Why does Deb's question about whether their mixed dancing is okay end the moment they all share outside? (from Part 5)

It causes Mark and Lauren to question their behaviors and feel regret at dancing together.

It annoys Mark, because Deb is keeping an eye on his adherence to Jewish law.

It reminds them all that they have fundamentally different beliefs about certain behaviors, like dancing together.

It interrupts the silence, which they were all enjoying deeply.

How does Deb respond to Mark's belief that intermarriage is a Holocaust? (from Part 4)

She reluctantly agrees, despite her initial reservations.

She feels shocked that he would equate the two.

She understands how he feels, and empathizes with his concern.

She has no opinion, since she was not aware that intermarriage affects 50% of Jews in her son's generation.

What does Trev's sudden appearance demonstrate to the four parents? (from Part 1)

His unfamiliarity with Orthodox Judaism and the narrator's lax parental guidance.

His hidden drug problem.

How definitively non-Jewish he is.

How similar their parenting styles are.

What does Mark's antidote about Jebediah drinking a Coke represent? (from Part 3)

How Mormons are worse than Jews, when it comes to substance abuse.

How everyone is a hypocrite about their religious beliefs in their own ways.

How he is superior to Jebediah, because he obeys his religion's laws.

How everyone tries to police the actions of others based on assumptions -- but it is nobody's business how others interpret their identities.