Night Chapter 1
Define anti-Semitic.
What is discrimination against Jews.
What did Mrs. Schachter foreshadow?
What is "the chimneys with smoke and the smell of burning flesh."
Date of speech & Point of View
What is April 12, 1999 and 1st Person POV.
This morning was crazy. My alarm clock was set for PM instead of AM, so I woke up really late. I just threw on some clothes and ran out the door. I rode my bike as fast as I could and thought that I was going to be late for sure, but when I got there everyone was outside and there were firetrucks all lined up in front of school. I guess somebody pulled the fire alarm before class started. It worked out though, because nobody really noticed or minded that I was tardy.
What is chronological order.
Name of the Leader of the Nazis.
What is Hitler.
Name the three characters who foreshadowed grave events in Auschwitz.
Who is Moishe the Beadle, a friend in the Hungarian police force, and Madame Schacter.
Define Genocide.
What is the total annihilation of a race or ethnic group.
The following excerpt is written in what point of view?
"Fifty-four years ago to the day, a young Jewish boy from a small town in the Carpathian Mountains woke up, not far from Goethe’s beloved Weimar,1 in a place of eternal infamy2 called Buchenwald.3 He was finally free, but there was no joy in his heart."
What is 3rd POV.
It seems like there has been a surge in teen pregnancies these days. Teen pregnancies make it very difficult for young mothers to pursue their dreams and meet the demands of an infant. Fortunately, most teen pregnancies can be easily prevented by using birth control; however, even birth control is not 100% effective. The most effective way to prevent teen pregnancies is abstinence, which is 100% effective.
What is problem and solution.
Name of the concentration camp in Night.
What is Auschwitz.
Wiesel calls the second ghetto "an open tomb." This metaphor is used to foreshadow what theme?
What is death.
Provide three tonal words to describe Elie's character.
What is religious/dedicated/motivated.
Name the literary/rhetorical device used by Wiesel:
"Indifference elicits no response. Indifference is not a response. Indifference is not a beginning; it is an end."
What is repetition.
Volcanoes are a feared and destructive force for good reason. A volcano is like a pressure valve for the inner earth, but they can also be very beautiful. One part of the volcano that people rarely see is the magma chamber. The magma chamber is way beneath the Earth’s bed rock. It is tremendously hot. Running from the magma chamber to the crater of the volcano is the conduit. The conduit connects the magma chamber to the outer world. At the top of the volcano is the the crater. This is where the magma exits. Volcanoes are a beautiful yet dangerous natural phenomenon.
What is spatial/descriptive.
Date range of the Holocaust Death Camps
What is 1941-1945.
How does Elie differ from his father?
What is...Elie is spiritual while his father is practical.
Provide a thematic topic for events that transpire in chapter 2.
What is inhumanity/cruelty/evil.
Name the literary/rhetorical device used by Wiesel:
"— and I say it with some anguish and pain, because, today is exactly 54 years marking his death — Franklin Delano Roosevelt died on April the 12th, 1945. So he is very much present to me and to us."
What is allusion.
Apples and oranges are both fruits, which means that they have seeds inside of them. Each has a skin, but orange skins are thick and easy to peel. Apple skins are thinner and do not peel easily. Oranges also contain more acid than apples, but both fruits are delicious.
What is compare and contrast.
Name a female author who also experienced the Holocaust.
What is Anne Frank.
What news does Elie's father receive at the late-night council meeting?
What is the Jews of Sighet will be deported in the morning to an unknown destination.
Translate "Our eyes were opened, but too late."
The Jewish people knew the future was going to get much worse.
Name the literary/rhetorical device used by Wiesel:
"Does it mean that we have learned from the past? Does it mean that society has changed? Has the human being become less indifferent and more human? Have we really learned from our experiences?"
What is rhetorical question.
Many people think that they can get sick by going into cold weather improperly dressed; however, illnesses are not caused by temperature- they are caused by germs. So while shivering outside in the cold probably won’t strengthen your immune system, you’re more likely to contract an illness indoors because you will have a greater exposure to germs,
What is cause and effect.
Define ghettos.
What are city district which isolated Jewish communities from non-Jewish communities.