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Vocab & Historical Background
Elie Wiesel
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100

Who escaped to warn the Jewish citizens of Sighet?

Moishe the Beadle

100

What infamous Nazi doctor is in charge of selection at Auschwitz? 

Dr. Mengele

100

Poorer areas of the cities where Jewish people were forced to live.

Ghettos

100

Wiesel was very devout as a young child to which religion?

Judaism

100

"If anyone goes missing, you will all be shot, like dogs"

Simile

200

Who was the woman who screamed in panic?

Ms. Schachter

200

Who claimed that the Holocaust was God testing the Jewish people?

Akiba Drumer

200

What are the two main symbols in the novel?

Fire & Night

200

What famous award did Wiesel win?

Nobel Peace Prize

200

"The camp looked as though it had been through an epidemic"

Simile

300

How many people were in each cattle car?

80

300

What was the "inheritance" Wiesel's father gave to him?

A knife & a spoon

300

What were the name of the laws that aimed to take away the rights of the Jewish people?

The Nuremberg Laws

300

Wiesel was born in what country?

Romania

300

"Run as if you have the devil ay your heels"

Simile

400

Wiesel lied and said his occupation was what?

Farmer

400

What was the name of the relative Wiesel encountered in Auschwitz? 

Stein 

400

A set of teachings meant to explore the relationship between eternal God and the mortal universe

Kabbalah

400

How many people total were in Wiesel's family?

5

400

"They lived for each other, body and soul"

Hyperbole

500

Where was the first place Wiesel arrived after transports?

Birkenau

500

During the second selection, who are the two young men Wiesel runs with?

Tibi & Yossi

500

The word "genocide" was not coined until what year?

1944

500

How many years did Wiesel refuse to write about his experiences?

10 years

500

"They all were laughing, joking, and passing love notes to one another. At least, during all that time, we endured neither shouting nor blows"

Irony

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