CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

FROM THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
“The Diary of a Young Girl ‘was originally written in ____ language.
A
English
B
Hindi
C
Dutch
D
Spanish
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Diary of a Young Girl, also known as The Diary of Anne Frank, is a book of the writings from the Dutch-language diary kept by Anne Frank while she was in hiding for two years with her family during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.

Detailed explanation-2: -Anne wrote in Dutch. On occasion, she used German or English words. The diary Anne receives for her 13th birthday.

Detailed explanation-3: -Anne didn’t just keep a diary. She also wrote tales and planned to publish a book about her time in the Secret Annex. After the war, Otto Frank fulfilled her wish. Since then, Anne Frank’s diary has been translated into more than 70 languages.

Detailed explanation-4: -Anne Frank was only 4 and half years old when her family left Germany, she was schooled in Amsterdam. Her written German was probably very limited. She attended The The 6th Montessori School in Amsterdam from 1934 until 1941, so Dutch would have been her natural choice for the diary.

Detailed explanation-5: -Solution : Anne’s diary was originally written in Dutch. Her diary is different from the others in many aspects. She had named her diary ‘Kitty’. She thought of it as her only true friend whom she could confide in.

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