Basics
Elie Wiesel
Literature Elements
People
Vocab
100
The point of view of the novel and the narrator
What is first person and Eliezer?
100
He tutors Elie.
What is Moshe the Beadle?
100
"Tears like drops of wax flowed from his eyes"
What is a simile?
100
Madame Schacter has visions of this.
What is fire?
100
a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race
What is racism?
200
The largest and best known concentration camp where Elie and his family were first sent
What is Auschwitz?
200
The reason Elie is sent to the infirmary.
What is an infected foot?
200
"The train disappeared on the horizon; it left nothing but its thick dirty smoke."
What is foreshadowing or symbolism?
200
His warnings are ignored near the beginning of the story.
Who is Moshe the Beadle?
200
the spreading of ideas, info, or rumor for the purpose of helping or injuring
What is propaganda?
300
the Allied countries
What are the U.S., Russia, and England?
300
Elie's religious realization after the hanging of the sad-eyed angel.
What is lost his faith in God?
300
"The world was a cattle wagon hermetically sealed."
What is a metaphor?
300
He is the doctor of Auschwitz, famous for his "selections" and horrific experiments.
Who is Dr. Mengele?
300
a standardized mental picture held in common by numbers of a group and representing an oversimplified opinion
What is a stereotype?
400
The Axis countries
Who are Germany, Japan, and Italy?
400
The study of Jewish mysticism.
What is Cabbalah?
400
The soup-stained face man
What is irony?
400
He is the cruel Kapo who whips Elie.
Who is Idek?
400
injury or damage resulting from some judgment or action of another in disregard of one's rights
What is prejudice?
500
The years in which Hitler was the Fuhrer of Germany.
What are 1933-1945?
500
The significance of A-7713
What is Eliezer's tatoo?
500
The hanging of the sad-eyed angel
What is symbolism?
500
Juliek
The violinist who plays one last concerto before dying.
500
discrimination against Jews for reasons connected to their Jewish heritage.
What is antisemitism?
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