Question 2 - Chapter 4 - From the Diary of Anne Frank - First Flight - Chapters (Literature) - English Class 10

Read the extract and answer the following questions-

Extract:

Anneliese Marie ‘Anne’ Frank (12 June 1929 – February/March 1945) was a German – born Jewish girl who wrote while in hiding with her family and four friends in Amsterdam during the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II. Her family had moved to Amsterdam after the Nazis gained power in Germany but were trapped when the Nazi occupation extended into the Netherlands. As persecutions against the Jewish population increased, the family went into hiding in July 1942 in hidden rooms in her father Otto Frank’s office building.

(From the Diary of Anne Frank)

Question (i)

 What was the main reason that forced Anne Frank and her family to go into hiding in Amsterdam?

Answer: 

 As written by the student: 

The main reason was the persecutions against the Jewish population by the Nazis.

 Step-by-step explanation of the answer:

•  📝 To answer this question, we need to identify the main cause and effect relationship from the extract that explains the hiding. 
• 📚 The extract is a brief introduction to Anne Frank and her diary. It gives some background information about her life, family and situation during World War II. 
• 📖 In this extract, the main cause and effect relationship that explains the hiding is in the last sentence: "As persecutions against the Jewish population increased, the family went into hiding in July 1942 in hidden rooms in her father Otto Frank’s office building." This sentence tells us that the main reason or cause for hiding was the increasing persecutions against the Jewish population by the Nazis, who occupied the Netherlands during World War II. The effect or result of this cause was that Anne Frank and her family went into hiding in July 1942 in hidden rooms in her father's office building. 
•   ✅ Therefore, based on this analysis, we can answer that the main reason for hiding was the persecutions against the Jewish population by the Nazis.

Question (ii)

What is the genre of this extract and how do you know? Answer in about 40 words.

Answer: