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=__**5.2: Key Terms**__= **biased** - leaning in the favor of something else; prejudice. For example, if there is a case and the judge is biased against the defendant, then the judge is in favor of the plaintiff. If you're reading a biased document, you can tell that the author is for or against the subject based on how the document is written.

**motive** - reason for doing something

**immediacy**- occuring immediately; without delay

**accuracy** - how correct or exact something is

**reliability** - the measure of how dependable someone or something is

__ **5.3: Frame, Focus and Follow Up** __ All I know about Anastasia is that she was a princess. I remember watching a cartoon movie about her when I was little. The video says that Anastasia's body was missing from the rest of the Romonov family's corpses when they were finally dug up. I think that there could be a chance that Anastasia may have been able to escape.

__ **5.4 and 5.5: Bias - Online Lesson - The Mystery of Anastasia** __

Online quiz score =9/10



__Open Response__
Based on the evidence given, I believe that Anna Anderson is an imposter. It is recorded that she has been in mental institutions throughout her life. The fact that her mental stability is questionable makes her word unreliable. She also waited 18 months after an inmate said that she looked like Tatiana. If she was the real Anastasia, she wouldn't have waited that long to reveal her true identity, especially if she's been missing or on the run for years. Anderson was illiterate in English, French, and Russian. As a princess, her family was extremely wealthy and would be able to afford a tutor for her; therefore, I find it hard to believe that Anderson is the real Anastasia. Anderson read many magazines while institutionalized, some containing details of the royal family and their execution. It would be easy for her to tell people of the broader details of the execution. When asked about the specifics, she would always break down and cry or change the subject. There is also plenty of motive for Anderson to impersonate Anastasia. For one, she was pretty well-off living off of Anastasia's legacy, a step up from a factory worker and numkerous mental hospitals. Also, she dissapeared suddenly in 1920, and was sent to a mental institution after jumping off a bridge the same year. It was convenient to use Anastasia as a cover-up. People who were closest to her, such as the family doctor's son, her aunt, and tutor, all claimed that Anderson was definitely not Anastasia. Because of this evidence and a history of mental disorders, I do not think that Anna Anderson is the real Anastasia Romonov.