Elie Wiesel
Plot
Characters
Literary Devices
Historical Context
Grab Bag
Trivia
100

Elie Wiesel's Hometown

Where is Sighet?

100

What is the first camp Elie Wiesel and his family arrives to?

Birkenau

100

Who gives Elie his motivaiton to live?

His father

100

"He looked at us as one would a pack of leprous dogs clinging to life" (38)

What is a simile?

100

What war in did the Holocaust take place?

World War II

100

What is the name of UHS principal and what is the name of one of our vice principals?

Dr. Gomez and Patterson, Miller, Martin, Gonzalez


100

How many National Parks are there?

23, 47, 63, 72?

63

200

What is the occupation Elie Wiesel lied about to the SS?

farmer

200

What is the process called that the prisoners must go through when they arrive at camp and throughout their stay?

Selection 

200

Who is Moishe the Beadle to Elie?

His religious mentor

200

Mrs. Schaeter's vision of fire

What is foreshadow OR symbolism?

200

What was the term coined by the prisoners in which about 100,000 Jews died during the evacuations?

Death Marches

200

Who is the actress has been in TV shows such as Euphoria, Shake it Up, and K.C Undercover?

Zendaya

200

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Thomas Jefferson 

300

What is the moment Elie Wiesel loses his faith to God?

the hanging of the pipel (or young child)

300

What is the reason why Elie Wiesel had to go to the infirmary?

frostbite/ (foot) infection

300

Who is Dr Mengele known as?

The Angel of Death

300

The reference of the biblical character: Job

What is allusion?

300

What is the English translation of the "Arbeit macht frei?"

"Work Sets You Free"

300

This word means gossip. You might say, "Please spill the _______."

Tea

300

What is the name of the fictional town where the TV show "Stranger Things" is set?

Hawkins

400

What does Elie look into at the end of the memior AND what does he see?

mirror/ corpse-stranger

400

What are two internal conflicts Elie experiences?

faith/still taking care of father and not putting his survival first

400

Who is Juliek?

the young Jewish boy who played the violin before his death

400

"My throat was dry and the words were choking me, paralyzing my lips. There was nothing else to say."

What is personification?

400

What is the approx. number of Jewish people who were murdered in the Holocaust?

6 million

400

What two teams just won the National Championship for Men’s and Women’s BB? You MUST name their Mascots.

Huskies and Gators

400

Who holds the record for the most home runs in a single MLB season?

Barry Bonds

500

What couldn't Elie do after his father died?

weep

500

Where did Elie go after being liberated AND for how long?

the hospital/2 weeks

500

Who is the character who's consequence of losing faith was death and the survivors forgot to pray for him?

Akiba Drumer

500

"That night, the soup tasted of corpses" (65)

What is metaphor?

500

What is the feeling most Holocaust surviviors felt after liberation?

guilt

500

What villain did Heath Ledger play in a superhero film?



 the Joker

500

Who sings the new song "How Does it Feel to be Forgotten?"

Selena Gomez