Night Vocabulary
Elie Wiesel
Key Events & History
Characters & Quotes
Rhetorical Devices
100
One of the concentration camps that had "Work makes one free." on the entrance gate.
What is Auschwitz?
100
Elie grew up in this town before he was taken away.
What is Sighet?
100
This is why none of the people beleived Moshe's story.
Why is because they saw him as old and felt he was trying to their attention?
100
Well respected in the town of Sighet.
Who is Shlomo or Elie's dad?
100
When Elie Wiesel mentions that Juliek is some one that "I will never forget" (Wiesel 98), the author is employing the rhetorical device known as _______.
What is "ethos"?
The answer is "ethos" due to the fact that Elie focuses on how he values Juliek, as well as the way he admires the violinist's final actions.
200
Jewish settlements set up by the Germans.
What are ghettos?
200
Elie did this because he was eager to learn about his culture and he was religious.
Why did Elie pray?
200
The rights the jewish citizens lost right at the beggining. (name 2)
What is they lost their homes, rights of wardrobe, and their independence?
200
This person was separated from her family and her mother at Birkenau and was later killed in the concentration camp.
Who is Tzipora?
200
When Elie Wiesel recalls the way that Nazi soldiers would amuse themselves by throwing bread at starving prisoners (for them to fight over), this is an example of the author utilizing this rhetorical device.
What is pathos?
The cruelty itself is enough, but when combined with the soldiers' amusement, the audience should recognize that the author is evoking an emotional response (we should be disgusted and/or upset).
300
Jewish mystical writings; traditionally not taught to anyone under the age of 40.
What is the Kabbalah?
300
Elie was this age before the Holocaust.
How old is 12?
300
This is what Rabbi Eliahou's son tried to do right after the evacuation.
What is abandon his father?
300
The women on the cattle train screams she sees fire. She is tied up and gagged to stop screaming.
Who is Madame Schachter?
300
When Wiesel notes that 12 of the some 100 passengers who traveled to Buchenwald survived their forced march.
What is "logos"?
The usage of numbers here helps the audience to recognize the extent of the Nazis cruelty at the end of the 2nd World War (and at the end of the memoir).
400
The second concentration camp to which Elie and his father are taken;it is where they face the hardest labor and abuse.
What is Buna?
400
This is the reason why Elie lied about his age when he arrived at the concentration camp.
Why is so he could go work with his father instead of being sent to the gas chambers?
400
Where Elie's father died.
Where is Buchenwald?
400
This is the well known Rabbi at the concentration camp and is abandoned by his own son.
Who is Rabbi Eliahou?
400
What is "ethos"?
500
The identification number engraved on Elie's arm in Auschwitz.
What is A-7713
500
Elie prays for this during his time in the shed.
What is to never have the urge to abandon his father?
500
This is what Elie hears while in the barracks at Gleiwitz.
What is the sound of Juliek playing Beethoven on the violen?
500
He beats Elie in the concentration camp for laughing at him.
Who is Idek?
500
What Elie said that kept him going throughout the camp.
What is his fathers presence?