English II Chapter 1 Quiz on "Night" by Elie Wiesel September 20-2019
Quiz by Cynthia Turner
Grade 10
ELAR (2009)
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- Q1Who is the narrator of the story "Night"Moshe the BeadleKabbalahAdolf HitlerElie Wiesel300s110.31.b.10
- Q2An area of town that was surrounded by barbed wire, where Jews lived temporarily before being deported to Aushwitz, Birkenau was known as what?Concentration CampGas ChamberCrematoryGhetto300s
- Q3What was the feeling of the Jews as they experienced deportation?Panic, sadness, exhaustion, hunger, father cryinganger, panic, bewildermentterror, anger, defianceanger, ridicule, father cursing300s
- Q4What is the relationship between our stories and our identity? To what extent are we all witnesses of history and messengers to humanity?All of the aboveThere is a link between our identity and the stories we tell. That link brings together the storyteller and the one who listens or reads the storyWe are our brothers keeperThere is a chain between humans300s
- Q5In what year does Elie's story begin? How old was he then?1943, 15 years1941, 13 years old1950, 13 1/2 years old1940, 13 years old300s
- Q6What was the first horrifying sight that Elie saw, but couldn't believe he was really seeing?Aushwitz, BirkenauThe S.S. officers with gunsChildren and babies being thrown into a fire pitThe concentration camp with the barbed wire fence around it300s
- Q7What fate awaited those who kept anything of value after being told to turn all valuables over?They would be shotThey would be separated from their familiesThey would have to work in the fieldsThey would be left behind300s
- Q8Under whose authority are the Jews as they are transported out of Hungary?The German armyThe Czechoslovakian armyThe American armyThe Soviet army300s
- Q9What was foreshadowed by Madame Schacter's continuous nightmares about flames?The fires of the concentration campsThe train catching on fireSomeone starting a grass fireMemories of her home being burned300s
- Q10What did some of the passengers do to quiet Madame Schacter?Beat her, and gag herThreaten herBribed herIgnored her300s
- Q11Why did Elie lie about his age and his occupation when questioned by the S.S. officer?To see if he could get away with itHis father told him to lieBecause he looked old for his age.So that he could be put in a work group, and not be sent to the crematorium300s
- Q12What were the conditions inside the train?Overcrowded, sealed train cars, no bathroom, very little food or waterWooden isle seats, box lunches, bottled waterVery Roomy, box lunches, bottled waterIce cold drinks, box lunches, window seats, 1-stall toilets300s
- Q13What was the hometown of Elie Wiesel?Paris, FranceSighet, TransylvaniaAushwitz, BirkenauLondon, England300s
- Q14In the documentary "Preface to the New Translation by Elie Wiesel" Why does he say " I must confess I do not know, or no longer know, what I wanted to achieve with my words?He was confused because of what he had experiencedHe didn't know how to write a bookIn the beginning he seemed confused, and did not know why it was important to write his story. However, in the end he realized that writing his memoir, was the right thing to do, so that what happen to him and others would never be forgotten,He didn't know which language or translation to use300s