Important Questions Chapter 4 English Class 10 CBSE Board

From the Diary of Anne Frank

Short Questions with Answers

Question 1: What makes writing in a diary a strange experience for Anne Frank?
Answer: She had never written anything before and felt no one would be interested in the thoughts of a thirteen-year-old girl.

Question 2: Why does Anne want to keep a diary?
Answer: Because she feels lonely and does not have a true friend.

Question 3: Why did Anne think she could confide more in her diary than in people?
Answer: She thought paper has more patience than people.

Question 4: Why does Anne provide a brief sketch of her life?
Answer: Because no one would understand her stories without it.

Question 5: What tells you that Anne loved her grandmother?
Answer: She often thought of her and lit a candle for her on her birthday.

Question 6: Why was Mr Keesing annoyed with Anne?
Answer: Because she talked too much in class.

Question 7: How did Anne justify being a chatterbox?
Answer: She said it was a trait she inherited from her mother.

Question 8: What subject worried Anne about passing her class?
Answer: Mathematics.

Question 9: Who helped Anne write the funny poem for Mr Keesing?
Answer: Her friend Sanne.

Question 10: What happened after Anne wrote the poem about ducks and swans?
Answer: Mr Keesing laughed, took it positively, and allowed her to talk.

Long Questions with Answers

Question 1: Why did Anne feel the need to keep a diary even though she had family and friends?
Answer: Anne felt she had many people around her but lacked one true friend to confide in. She could only share ordinary everyday things with others. This made her start writing a diary, treating it as her friend “Kitty.”

Question 2: How does Anne describe her early life and family in her diary?
Answer: She tells that her father married late, her sister Margot was born in 1926, and she herself in 1929. They moved from Frankfurt to Holland, while she and Margot lived with their grandmother for some time. She studied at a Montessori school and remembered her teacher Mrs. Kuperus with tears. She loved her grandmother dearly and recalled her fondly.

Question 3: What was the fear among Anne’s classmates before the results?
Answer: The whole class was trembling with fear about who would be promoted and who would be kept back. Some even placed bets. Anne, however, was only worried about mathematics but was hopeful of passing.

Question 4: What kind of relationship did Anne have with her teachers?
Answer: Anne got along well with most of her teachers except Mr Keesing, her maths teacher. He was annoyed at her talkativeness and gave her extra homework essays, but eventually, he softened and even started joking with her.

Question 5: How did Anne try to prove that being talkative was not a bad quality?
Answer: In her essay “A Chatterbox,” she argued that talking was a student’s trait, that she would try to control it, but could not cure it completely since she inherited it from her mother.

Question 6: How did Mr Keesing react to Anne’s essays and poem?
Answer: At first, he punished her with essays, but he laughed at her arguments. Finally, when Anne submitted a humorous poem written with Sanne’s help, he appreciated her creativity, read it to the class, and stopped punishing her.

Question 7: What do you learn about Anne Frank’s character from her diary entries?
Answer: Anne was intelligent, witty, observant, and honest. She had a sense of humour, strong attachment to family, deep emotions for her grandmother, and creativity in expressing her thoughts.

Question 8: Why does Anne say that paper has more patience than people?
Answer: She felt people were not always interested in listening to her inner thoughts, but paper would always listen without complaint, making it more patient than human beings.

Question 9: How does Anne describe her bond with her grandmother?
Answer: Anne loved her grandmother deeply. She missed her after her death, often thought about her, and lit a candle for her along with birthday candles in her memory.

Question 10: Was Mr Keesing a strict or kind teacher? Explain with examples.
Answer: Initially, he appeared strict as he punished Anne for being talkative. But later he showed kindness and humour by appreciating her poem, sharing it with others, and eventually allowing her to talk freely in class.