What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

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

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

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

She disagrees with his politically liberal beliefs.

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

2.

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

He does not care about Judaism one way or another.

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

He is too hurt to respond fully.

He copes with emotional arguments by laughing them off.

3.

Why is it important that the narrator has a different reason to drink than Deb does? (from Part 1)

It distinguishes his discomfort with Mark from Deb's excitement to reconnect with her old friend.

It shows that the narrator has a drinking problem, since he uses alcohol to cope with uncomfortable situations.

It is not -- they actually have the same motivation.

It proves that the narrator and Deb are very different people, and a bad couple.

4.

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

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

Because he feels embarrassed about calling intermarriage a Holocaust.

5.

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

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

Because all of their friends and neighbors are Christians.

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

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

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