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Plot 1
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Literary Elements
Characters
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The Jewish prayer for the dead
Kaddish
100
Where is Elie and his family from?
Sighet, Transylvania
100
What "instrument" is used to remove Elie's gold crown?
A rusty spoon
100
Mrs. Schacter sees images of fire on the way to Auschwitz. What literary element is this an example of?
Foreshadowing
100
What happened to the people who stole during the air raid?
They were hanged
200
Completely air tight
Hermetically
200
What did Elie do when Idek hit his father, and what was he thinking?
He did nothing, and he was angry with his father for getting in Idek's way
200
Who liberated Elie's camp at the end of the book?
The resistance movement
200
Besides its literal meaning of night time, the term night is used frequently in the book. What element is this an example of, and what things does it represent?
Symbolism / the darkness of Elie's soul, the darkness of the entire incident, despair, blackness, evil, sin, Elie's dying faith
200
This character tormented Elie's father in order to get Elie's gold crown.
Franek
300
clarity of expression; intelligibility
Lucidity
300
Did Elie fast on Yom Kippur? Why?
No / His father told him not to and he wanted to rebel against God
300
Before being evacuated for Gleiwitz, what was Elie and the other prisoners ordered to do? Why?
They were ordered to clean so no one thought pigs lived there
300
"What are You, my God," I thought angrily, "compared to this afflicted crowd, proclaiming to You their faith, their anger, their revolt? What does Your greatness mean, Lord of the universe, in the face of all this weakness, this decomposition, and this decay? Why do You still trouble their sick minds, their crippled bodies?" Which of the book's themes does this quote support?
Loss of faith
300
Two brothers with whom Eliezer becomes friendly in Buna. Along with Eliezer, they make a plan to move to Palestine after the war.
Tibi and Yosi
400
limitation or restriction
constraint
400
Why is the hanging of the pipel so emotional for the prisoners?
The pipel is so young and angelic looking
400
What is the slogan for Auschwitz?
Work is liberty
400
"Humanity? Humanity is not concerned with us. Today anything is allowed. Anything is possible, even these crematories." Which of the book's themes does this quote support?
The world's silence
400
This character died in the train car (cattle wagon) on the way to Buchenwald.
Meir Katz
500
sounding sad and mournful.
plaintive
500
After arriving at Gleiwitz, what does Elie hear in the middle of the night?
Juliek's violin
500
Where did Elie's father bury their savings?
In the cellar of their home
500
"From the depths of the mirror, a corpse gazed back at me." What literary element does this quote contain?
metaphor
500
A Jewish Holocaust victim who's faith can't be shaken until just before he is sent to the crematory.
Akiba Drumer