"Night" by Elie Wiesel

How many men get on the train car with Elie and his father on the trip to Buchenwald?

100

How many men get off the train at Buchenwald?

12

What age does Elie tell the SS officer he is?

18

When the Jews of Sighet are deported, how many people are on each train car?

80

What is Elie's new name at the camp?

A-7713

What are examples of a father and son relationship in the book?

Elie and his father Rabbi Eliahou and his son Father and son Meir on the train

Who is NOT a witness in the book?

Elie's father

What was the last word Elie's father said?

Eliezer

Moishe the Beadle was killed when he was deported with the foreign Jews.

False

People looked down on Elie's father and thought he was mad.

False

Why does Elie go to see the doctor?

His foot is infected.

Who does the prisoner next to Elie in the hospital say that he trusts the most?

Hitler

Briefly explain what is ironic about the meaning of the passage. "I have more faith in Hitler than in anyone else. He alone has kept his promises, all his promises, to the Jewish people" (page 81).

It's ironic because Hitler's promise he's kept is to kill the Jews.

Briefly explain what is ironic about the meaning of the passage. "The SS offered us a beautiful present for the new year....A terrible word began to circulate soon thereafter: selection" (page 69-70).

It's ironic because selection is not a "present." Selection means death.

Briefly explain what is ironic about the meaning of the passage. "Some prominent members of the community came to consult with my father....to know what he thought of the situation. My father's view was that it was not all bleak...'The yellow star? So what? It's not lethal....'" (page 11).

It's ironic because the yellow star did kill his father because that's why he's in the camp.

Briefly explain what is ironic about the meaning of the passage. "But no sooner had we taken a few more steps than we saw the barbed wire of another camp. This one had an iron gate with the overhead inscription: ARBEIT MACHT FREI. Work makes you free" (page 40).

It's ironic because work really won't free them.

What did Elie Wiesel want to study at the beginning of the book?

Kabbalah

What do the men say as they are approaching the crematory?

Kaddish

What are the opportunities that Elie's family had to escape before being deported?

Moishe tells them of a mass killing. Their housekeeper offers to hide them. Elie asks to go to Palestine.

Who helped Elie with his studies of the Kabbalah?

Moshe the Beadle

What does Akiba Drumer ask Elie and his father to do for him?

Say the Kaddish.

The barrack we had been assigned to was very long. On the roof, a few bluish skylights. I thought: This is what the antechamber of hell must look like. (Wiesel 33)." This is an example of a _______.

Simile

Briefly explain what is ironic about the meaning of the passage. "We continued to march between the barbed wire. At every step, white signs with black skulls looked down on us. The inscription: 'Warning! Danger of death" (page 40).

The sign is ironic because death surrounds them; it's not just the electric fence.

Why didn't people believe Moishe's tale?

They believed he had gone mad, he was imagining thing, or that he just wanted their pity.

What age is Elie when he reaches Auschwitz?

almost 15

What happened to the men who slowed down on the way to Gleiwitz?

both shot and trampled

What happened to the men who slept in the snow at the caved-in brick factory?

died

"His eyes would suddenly go blank, leaving two gaping wounds, two wells of terror (Wiesel 76)." What is being compared?

eyes and two gaping wounds

Elie decides to remain silent forever after the Holocaust.

false

Elie is never abused at the camp.

false

Elie is only glad to be rid of the burden of his father after his death.

false

Elie's only concern after his father's death is revenge.

false

Idek, the Kapo, treats all of the factory workers at Buna well.

false

The prisoners divide the food equally among themselves on the train ride to Buchenwald.

false

What occupation does Elie tell the SS officer is?

farmer

In what point of view was the book Night written?

first person

What do the liberated prisoners think about after being freed?

food

Madame Schatcher's visions about fire are an example of what?

foreshadowing

Where are the Jews of Sighet first taken after the Germans arrive?

ghetto

What item did the SS extract from the Jews at the camp?

gold teeth

Elie and his father leaving the hospital before it's liberated is an example of what?

irony

"Everywhere rooms lay open...An open tomb." This is an example of what?

metaphor

"His eyes would suddenly go blank, leaving two gaping wounds, two wells of terror (Wiesel 76)." This is an example of a _____.

metaphor

What symbolizes Elie's loss of faith?

night the babies burning in pits in Auschwitz the hanging of the sad-eyed angel

"We were quite used to this kind of rumor. It wasn't the first time that false prophets announced to us: peace-in-the-world...And often we would believe them... It was like an injection of morphine (Wiesel 80)." what is being compared?

rumors and an injection of morphine

How do the prisoners travel to Gleiwitz?

run

What do the men do to help their chances during selection?

run

Elie prevents the SS from extracting his teeth by

saying he is sick

What happened to those who broke the rules?

shot, beaten, hanged

"It was like a page torn from some storybook," is an example of what?

simile

"We were quite used to this kind of rumor. It wasn't the first time that false prophets announced to us: peace-in-the-world...And often we would believe them... It was like an injection of morphine (Wiesel 80)." This is an example of a _____.

simile

"When at last a grayish light appeared on the horizon, it revealed a tangle of human shapes, heads sunk deeply between the shoulders, crouching, piled one on top of the other, like a cemetery covered with snow (Wiesel 98)." This is an example of a ____.

simile

His very presence in the procession was enough to make the scene seem surreal. It was like a page torn from a book, a historical novel, perhaps, dealing with the captivity in Babylon or the Spanish Inquisition. (Wiesel 16) This is an example of a _______.

simile

"When at last a grayish light appeared on the horizon, it revealed a tangle of human shapes, heads sunk deeply between the shoulders, crouching, piled one on top of the other, like a cemetery covered with snow (Wiesel 98)." What is being compared?

tangle of human shapes and a cemetery covered with snow

His very presence in the procession was enough to make the scene seem surreal. It was like a page torn from a book, a historical novel, perhaps, dealing with the captivity in Babylon or the Spanish Inquisition. What is being compared?

the Rabbi's presence and a page torn from a scrapbook

The barrack we had been assigned to was very long. On the roof, a few bluish skylights. I thought: This is what the antechamber of hell must look like. (Wiesel 33)." What is being compared?

the barrack and the antechamber of Hell

Whose death symbolizes the loss of Elie's faith?

the pipel

Elie calls his reflection in the mirror a corpse.

true

Elie chooses not to celebrate Yom Kippur because he is rebelling against God.

true

German workers throw bread to the prisoners while they are on the train to Buchenwald.

true

Juliek's life was symbolized by his broken violin.

true

Night is a symbol of the darkness and evil of the Holocaust.

true

The men eat snow while waiting for a train to take them to Buchenwald.

true