Night 1
Before concentration camp life, Elie spent his time doing what?
Reading religious texts and praying
On the train, what is the name of the lady screaming? What happens to her? What does she claim to see?
Madame Schachter. She is beaten and gagged. She claims to see flames.
What type of story is Night and what does this mean?
Memoir--it is a true story, a slice of the author's life.
How does Elie rebel against God on Yom Kippur
He refuses to fast
When Elie's father dies, what does Elie feel?
Relief and freedom
Who is Moishe the Beadle? What does he help Elie with? What happens to him?
His is a poor man who works for the Synagogue. He helps Elie study Kabbalah. He is deported and witnesses the murder of Jews and infants. He survives and returns to warn the town.
Madame Schachter's vision is an example of what literary element?
Foreshadowing
What is Elie's number one priority when he first enters the camp?
To stay with his father.
When Elie is in the hospital and looks in the mirror, what does he see in his reflection?
A corpse
On the death march, what does Elie pray for the strength to do? Why does he do this?
Not abandon his father the way Rabbi Eliahu's son abandoned him.
Which term refers to hatred of Jews?
Anti-Semitism
What are the two lies that Elie tells the SS at his original selection?
He says that he is 18 and that he is a farmer.
As the prisoners are running, guards are ordered to
Shoot anyone who falls behind
What central idea does the following quote develop?
"Humanity? Humanity is not concerned with us. Today, anything is allowed. Anything is possible, even these crematories."
The dehumanization of man
The following quote develops which central idea?
“For the first time, I felt anger rising within me. Why should I sanctify his name? The almighty and terrible Master of the Universe, chose to be silent. What was there to thank Him for?” (Wiesel 33).
The loss of faith in face of hardship
Kabbalah
After the death of the Pipel, Elie jokingly claims to "see" God. Where does he "see" him?
Hanging from the gallows with the pipel
What would have happened to Elie and his father if they had stayed in the hospital after his foot surgery?
They would have been liberated two days later?
After the camp is liberated, the prisoners think only about what?
Food
Who is Juliek? What happens to him?
He is a young boy who plays Beethoven on his violin. He is crushed to death when they arrive at Gleiwitz
When Elie's town is originally deported to Auschwitz, how many people fit on the cattle cars? Later in the story, how many people fit? What explains the difference?
80, then 100. They are emaciated because they have been starved.
The following quote develops which central idea:
"My father's presence was the only thing that stopped me. He was running next to me, out of breath, out of strength, desperate. I had no right to let myself die. What would he do without me? I was his sole support."
The importance of father-son relationships
What happens to Zalmund during the death march?
He fell and was trampled to death
What sound does Elie hear as the final memory of his father?
What almost kills Elie after his camp is liberated?
Food poisoning