Chapter 1/2
What is the name of the town where Elie grew up?
Sighet
What is Elie's first impression of Auschwitz?
Who does Elie give his golden crown to?
Franek
"He was tall and strong, a giant compared to me."
Metaphor
Who is Moishe The Beadle?
Elie's mentor/close friend
What did the prisoners tell Elie and his group?
That they were going to burn in the chimneys.
How does Idek punish Elie?
What type of figurative language is used in the sentence below?
"My throat was dry and the words were choking me, paralyzing my lips. There was nothing else to say."
Personification
How many people did the Hungarian police force into one cattle car?
80
What does Elie witness when standing in line?
Babies and young children being thrown into the flames.
How does Elie's reaction to the youth of Warsaw differ from the young boy's execution?
After the youth of Warsaw dies, Elie says that the soup tastes amazing that night. When the young boy dies, Elie describes the soup as tasting like "corpses."
What type of figurative language is used in the sentence below?
"Standing in the middle of the car, in the faint light filtering through the windows, she looked like a withered tree in a field of wheat."
Simile
How did the Jews deal with Mrs. Shaechter's screaming?
At first, they tried comforting her. Yet, after a while, they started to beat and yell at her.
What/Who does Elie revolt against?
God
What is a Kapo? Why are the Kapos particularly cruel/harsh to the prisoners?
A Kapo is a voluntary or coerced prisoner who helps with administrative tasks (keeps other prisoners in line). They are trying to keep themselves alive.
What literary element is used when Mrs Schahter yells about a fire while in the cattle car with the other Jews?
Where were they transported to?
A concentration camp. Birkenau.
What does Elie's new name, "A-7713" mark the beginning of?
The beginning of Elie's loss of identity.
What does Eliezer mean when he says God is hanging on the gallows?
Eliezer describes the loss of faith in his God. The God he once knew is not the same as the one he believed in the past.
What device is used in this passage?
"Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, that turned my life into one long night seven times sealed. Never shall I forget that smoke.
Never shall I forget the small faces of the children whose bodies I saw transformed into smoke under a silent sky.
Never shall I forget those flames that consumed my faith forever.
Never shall I forget the nocturnal silence that deprived me for all eternity of the desire to live, turning my dreams to ashes.
Never shall I forget those things, even were I condemned to live as long as God Himself."
Repetition