Night Characters
Elie’s younger sister who died in the gas chambers
Tzipora
Snowball
Leo Trotsky
Which of the following choices best describes the change in relationship between Elie and his father over the course of the text? Choose the best response.
The relationship is somewhat distant in the beginning of the story, but by the end, the two are inseparably close, becoming each other’s reason to live.
“Comrades! You do not imagine, I hope, that we pigs are doing this in selfishness and privilege? Milk and apples contain substances absolutely necessary to the well-being of a pig. We pigs are brain workers; the organization of the farm totally depends on us.”
Squealer
During the Battle of the Cowshed, Clover hides to avoid the action.
False
Comforted Elie after he was beaten; met years later
The French woman
Moses
Religion / The Russian Orthodox Church
In his famous passage from chapter 3 after his first night at camp, Wiesel repeats the phrase “Never shall I forget” seven times. What is his most likely purpose for repeating those lines?
To emphasize the importance of remembering these atrocities
“Gentlemen, here is my toast: To the prosperity of The Manor Farm!”
Napoleon
Falling stones kill Boxer when the windmill collapses.
False
Played his violin for prisoners until his death
Juliek
Old Major
Karl Marx / Vladimir Lenin
What inference can be made as to why Elie's father gave him a knife and spoon in chapter 5?
His father thought he was near death and wanted to give Elie all that he had left.
“…up there, just on the other side of that dark cloud that you can see there it lies, Sugarcandy Mountain, that happy country where we poor animals shall rest for ever from our labours!”
Moses
Why is the ending of Animal Farm particularly ironic?
The pigs become just like the humans.
His son left him behind during the march
Rabbi Eliahou
Squealer
The Pravda – The Soviet Press
In the same episode as the previous question, Elie refers to the knife and spoon given to him by his father as “my inheritance.” Which of the choices below best explains the irony of this statement?
The statement is situationally ironic because inheritances are typically of significant monetary value, but Elie’s father’s fortune has been reduced to these two simple utensils, all that he has left.
“If Comrade Napoleon says it, it must be right.”
Boxer
What title does Napoleon eventually assume for himself?
President of the Republic
Young, innocent boy hanged in front of prisoners
The pipel
Napoleon
Joseph Stalin
Mankind is capable of unimaginable cruelty and barbarism.
Which of the following choices best describe a central theme of Night?
“Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals.”
Old Major
In the final scene of the memoir, Elie looks in the mirror and sees a "corpse" staring back at him. What inference can be made as to why the author sees himself as a corpse?
Elie has experienced so much horror and death, that he sees himself as resembling a dead person.
Elie’s experiences have killed the young, innocent, faithful boy he once was.
For Elie, death has replaced everything important to him--God, love and family.