Night Quiz 1 Flashcards
(25 cards)
- Describe Moshe the Beadle.
Poor,well-liked, knowledgeable in theology
- Who is the narrator of the story? What point-of-view is used?
Elie, 1st person
- What is Elie Wiesel’s hometown and what country?
Sighet, Transylvania
- In what year does Elie’s story begin? How old was he then?
1942, 12 yrs old, almost 13
- Why did Eliezer pray, and why did he cry when he prayed?
He prays to get closer to God, doesn’t know why he cries
- Upon his return, what story did Moshe tell?
mass shooting of jews who had to dig their own grave
- Why didn’t the people believe Moshe?
Too terrible to believe, in denial, thought war was almost over
- What world-known leader are the Jews afraid of and why?
Hitler, because he wanted to kill all Jews
- List the rules the Jews are made to abide by.
wear gold star, can’t own valuables, gold, etc., had a 6:00 curfew, couldn’t attend synagogue,
- What is a ghetto?
fenced in area where Jews were kept before deportation, bad conditions
- Why did the citizens resist the truth, even when it was in front of them?
They were always optimistic and Didn’t want to believe
- What are the feelings of the Jews as they experience deportation?
devastation, grief
- Describe the conditions in the train (at the end of the chapter).
over crowded, no food or air or water, no restroom
- Under whose authority are the Jews as they are transported out of Hungary?
German army
- Explain, “our eyes were opened, but too late.” Where was the train at this point?
They realized what was happening to them but too late to revolt or escape
- What is to happen to anyone who keeps anything valuable in his possession?
They got shoot
- What was foreshadowed by Madame Schacter’s nightmare? The fires of the concentration camps
The furnaces (crematories)
- What did some of the passengers do to quiet Madame Schacter?
beat her, gagged her, tied her
- Where did the train finally stop?
Auschwitz, Birkenau
- What is Elie’s one thought as the Jews are separated?
Staying with his father
- What can you say about the faith of the older Jewish prisoners?
holds out for a long time
- What was the first horrifying sight that Elie at first disbelieved?
babies thrown in to the fire
- How had Elie changed in a short time?
from a prayerful faithful student to an angry, bitter non-believer, questioning faith
What happened when Bella Kartz get selected
He got selected to be a komando for his strength and had to throw his father in the furnace
