CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

FROM THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Why did Anne Frank’s teacher give her a lot of assignments?
A
The teacher disliked her
B
She was ugly
C
She was talkative
D
She was not intelligent
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Kuperus. She was a ‘Chatterbox’ and annoyed her maths teacher, Mr. Keesing as she talked too much in the class. He punished her by giving her extra homework to write essays on this subject.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the essay, she accepted the drawbacks of being talkative but argued that it was in her genes, as her mother was also very talkative. It was difficult to give up the habit and it was also a student’s trait. Even Mr Keesing laughed at the argument she had given.

Detailed explanation-3: -Keesing was annoyed with Anne because she was very talkative. He punished her by giving her extra homework. He asked her to write essays and the topic was always related to her talkative nature.

Detailed explanation-4: -Anne enjoyed writing and describing others. She was talkative and inquisitive and could be selfish. She was a typical teenage girl and she didn’t always understand how difficult life was for her mother and the other adults around her. She commented on the people who shared their hiding space.

Detailed explanation-5: -She argued that talking was a student’s trait and that she would do her best to keep it under control. She further wrote that she would never be able to cure herself of the habit since her mother talked as much as she did.

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