A comparision of two items using the words like or as is known as a __________
What is a simile
100
Madame Shachter's visions of fire is an example of _____; she gave the readers clues as to what would happen later in the novel.
What is foreshadowing
100
Which of the following was NOT a group that Hitler attempted to eliminate?
Poles
Gypsies
Germans
Homosexuals
What are the Germans.
100
What could possibly happen to the men who fell asleep in the snow?
What is they could die
100
True or False: Elie decided to remain silent forever after the Holocaust.
What is false-obviously he has not remained silent because he wrote the novel Night.
200
When the author gives us clues as to what might happen later in the novel is known as _____
What is foreshadowing
200
"Everywhere rooms lay open...an open tomb," is an example of what literary term:
simile
metaphor
irony
narration
What is metaphor; the yards littered with belongings were compared to open tombs.
200
True or False: Hitler took over when Germany was in a state of financial success; everyone was profiting from the economy and people were in good spirits.
What is false-Germany's morale was at an all time low and people needed something to believe in; Hitler gave the country that kind of hope at first.
200
How did Elie and his father avoid falling asleep at the brick factory?
What is they watched over one another; one slept while the other kept watch and vice versa.
200
The night is considered a _______ of the darkness and horrors of the Holocaust.
Symbol
Motif
Personification
Simile
What is a symbol. Elie says his time spent in the camps was one long night.
300
A direct comparison between two unlike items that DOES NOT use the terms like or as is known as _____
What is a metaphor
300
Elie and his father leaving the hospital days before the camp is liberated is an example of:
foreshadowing
simile
metaphor
irony
What is irony
300
What does the term Kristallnacht mean?
What is The Night of Broken Glass-Jewish shops were broken into and destroyed one night. There was glass and debris littered all over the sidewalks the following morning.
300
How many men are boarded onto the train before heading to Buchenwald?
What is 100
300
Why does Elie choose not to celebrate Yom Kippur?
What is he is rebelling against God, he does not want to anger the guards, he does not want to starve, etc, his father orders him not to fast, etc.
400
When the outcome of a situation is the opposite of what we would expect is known as _____
What is irony
400
"Here came the Rabbi...His mere presence among the deportees added a touch of unreality to the scene. It was like a page torn from some storybook, from some historical novel about the captivity of Babylon or the Spanish Inquistion," is an example of a:
Simile
Metaphor
What is a simile; the Rabbi's presence is being compared to a page from a book describing a siginifcant historical event.
400
Who was known as the "Angel of Death" ?
Who is Dr. Mengele-he performed experiments on human beings within the concentration camps.
400
Which of the following would NOT be considered a witness in this novel?
Elie's father
Elie
Moshe
None of the above
What is None of the above-all these men are considered witnesses.
400
Juliek's broken life was symbolized by his:
Broken leg
Broken cello
Broken violin
None of the above
What is his broken violin. Elie says he hears Julike play his life on the strings of his violin.
500
The novel Night is a _______; it is Elie's story of his past experience in the Holocaust, written from his point of view.
What is a memoir.
500
"We were already accustomed to rumors of this kind [that told the front was drawing nearer to the camp]. It was not the first time a false prophet had foretold to us peace-on-earth...and we often believed them. It was an injection of morphine," is an example of
Simile
Metaphor
What is a metaphor; the hope given the prisoners is being compared to the feeling one gets from taking a painkiller (morphine)-to relieve pain and suffering.
500
True or False: The Jewish prisoners had never heard of Auschwitz before their transport.
What is True-the had no idea to where they were being transported. They were told they were going to be relocated in Eastern Europe.
500
Which of the following is NOT an example of a father and son relationship in the book?
Elie and his father
Moshe the Beadle and his father
Rabbi Elihou and his son
Father and Son Meir on the train
What is Moshe the Beadle and his father; Moshe's father is never mentioned in the novel.
500
True or False: Night was not the orignial title for Elie's novel.
What is true. Elie originally wanted to title his novel And the World Remained Silent.