Chapter 1-2
This is where the story, Night, takes place.
What is Sighet in Transylvania?
This is the first camp where Elie and his family are taken.
What is Birkenau?
This punishment is given to Elie after he catches Idek the Kapo with a Polish girl.
What is 25 lashes of the whip?
This Jewish holiday is being celebrated as Chapter 5 begins.
What is Rosh Hashanah?
My uncle wasted his fortune and died in penury.
Define penury as used in the sentence above.
What is severe poverty?
This concept was what Elie Wiesel was eager to study at such a young age.
What is Jewish Mysticism?
Another prisoner advises Elie and his father to change their ages to this range.
What is 18 and 40?
When the prisoners witness hangings, including the death of the young pipel, it deeply affects them because it symbolizes this broader loss.
What is the loss of faith or innocence?
Elie chooses not to fast for two main reasons during Yom Kippur. Name one of them.
What is rebellion against God or physical starvation?
He was a pious man who spent hours in the church each day.
Define pious as used in the sentence above.
What is devoutly religious?
This character tries to warn the Jews of Sighet about the danger they are facing, but is ignored. His experience symbolizes the threat of denying harsh realities.
Who is Moshe the Beadle?
Upon arriving, the new prisoners see these flames, a horrifying introduction to the reality of the camp.
What are the crematoriums or burning bodies?
The process where Nazis seperate the Jewish inmates based on their perceived usefulness to the Nazis.
What is the selection?
Elie undergoes an operation on this part of his body, causing him fear about whether he will survive.
What is his foot?
We had to shout to be heard over the tumult of the screaming crowds.
Define tumult as used in the sentence above.
What is a loud, confusing noise?
The reaction of the other prisoners to Madame Schächter’s screams shows how extreme fear and stress can cause this type of group behavior.
What is mob mentality or dehumanization?
Elie's first night in the camp leads him to say that this is "murdered" along with his innocence.
What is his faith in God?
Idek’s random outbursts of violence toward the prisoners reveal this important truth about the abuse of power in the camp system.
What is that authority figures often abuse their power for no reason, simply because they can?
Paraphrase what the faceless neighbor told Elie in the infirmary about the fate of jews.
"I have more faith in Hitler than in anyone else. He alone kept his promises, all his promises, to the Jewish people." or along those lines.
It would be imprudent to move ahead with the project without asking for approval first.
Define imprudent as used in the sentence above.
What is not showing care for consequences?
Madame Schächter’s visions of fire are an example of this literary device, hinting at the horrors to come.
What is foreshadowing?
Based on Elie’s experiences during selection and initial imprisonment, propose a symbol (object, image, or action) that could represent the loss of identity in this chapter.
What is a number tattoo, the uniform, or the selection line?
This is the concept Elie is feeling the more he witnesses hanging in the camp, and has no trouble eating until the pipel.
What is desensitation?
As the camp is being evacuated and prisoners are forced to move out in the snow, Elie makes a critical choice to leave with his father rather than stay in the infirmary. Was this choice ultimately the best decision? Why or why not?
The criminal was granted a reprieve from his sentence.
Define reprieve as used in the sentence above.
What is cancellation, postponement, or escape of a punishment?