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

It demonstrates the emotional openness of their relationship.

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

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

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

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

Because he feels embarrassed about calling intermarriage a Holocaust.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

What does Deb's secret about Trev's pot reveal about her relationship to the narrator? (from Part 3)

That the narrator is not necessarily as in control of everything as he expected.

That their relationship is built on lies and deception.

That their marriage is failing due to a lack of trust.

That Deb is hiding her own marijuana dependency from the narrator.

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 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.

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.