i'm not going to take all of these insults lying anne frank wasn't born yesterday.  ^^which character traits of anne frank are revealed in the passage above? a) she is irritable and wise. b) she is modest and timid. c) she is willful and bold. d) she is angry and violent.

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"I'm not going to take all of these insults lying down...Anne Frank wasn't born yesterday."

In this passage, Anne is getting insulted, and she refuses to take them "Lying Down."

       This shows the reader(s) that she is willful and bold, not modest and timid. Modest and timid means she is weak and is afraid to stand up for herself. This passage tells us differently. She is not afraid to take action and do what she feels is best. Willful and bold means she is intentional and stubborn. She will not be given flack.

on this day in 1939, in response to hitler’s invasion of poland, britain and france, both allies of the overrun nation declare war on germany.

the first casualty of that declaration was not german—but the british ocean liner athenia, which was sunk by a german u-30 submarine that had assumed the liner was armed and belligerent. there were more than 1,100 passengers on board, 112 of whom lost their lives. of those, 28 were americans, but president roosevelt was unfazed by the tragedy, declaring that no one was to “thoughtlessly or falsely talk of america sending its armies to european fields.” the united states would remain neutral.

as for britain’s response, it was initially no more than the dropping of anti-nazi propaganda leaflets—13 tons of them—over germany. they would begin bombing german ships on september 4, suffering significant losses. they were also working under orders not to harm german civilians. the german military, of course, had no such restrictions. france would begin an offensive against germany’s western border two weeks later. their effort was weakened by a narrow 90-mile window leading to the german front, enclosed by the borders of luxembourg and belgium—both neutral countries. the germans mined the passage, stalling the french offensive.

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