Shooting an Elephant
Night
Misc.
Let's Go to College
Vocabulary
100
This author of 1984 and Animal Farm is the narrator of "Shooting an Elephant".
Who is George Orwell.
100
Author of Night and Holocaust survivor.
Who is Elie Wiesel?
100
Number of Jews that were killed during the Holocaust.
What is 6 million?
100
Shows colleges what student is capable of beyond their transcript.
What is a college application essay?
100
A maze.
What is a labyrinth?
200
This is where Shooting an Elephant takes place.
What is Burma?
200
This is the setting of Night.
What is the Holocaust?
200
Most undocumented immigrants come from one of these countries.
What are Mexico, Guetemala, Honduras, El Salvador, or India?
200
This bill would allow undocumented immigrants to go to school and become residents.
What is the DREAM Act?
200
Made timid or fear or awe.
What is cowed?
300
This is the reason why the narrator utimately shoots the elephant.
What is duty or pressure?
300
This is the mood of Night.
What is dark, somber, or sad?
300
This is what happened to Elie Wiesel's sister and mother.
What is burned alive?
300
Completely submissive.
What is prostrate?
400
Serves as a symbol of the narrator's conscience.
What is the elephant?
400
This is the name of the concentration camp where the prisoners are taken in Night.
What is Auschwitz?
400
To take the place of.
What is supplant?
500
This is the type of government involved in the story.
What is imperialist?
500
She was a prophetic, but hysterical old woman who saw flames.
Who is Madame Schachter.
500
Use of humor or exaggeration to expose the stupidity of a certain issue.
What is satire?
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