Night test Flashcards
(33 cards)
When and where did Elie Wiesel grow up?
He grew up in the Jews of Sighet
Who was Moishe the beadle?
The exception, a foreign Jew
Why did Elie spend a lot of time with Moishe?
Elie spent a lot of time with Moshe because he help him enter eternity and become ONE
What is Elie’s father like?
A cultured man, rather unsentimental, and rarely displays his feelings
What was the father’s position in the community?
Highest esteem
Why were the Jews of Sighet encouraged by the news on the radio in late 1942 and 1943?
They waited for better days that surely were soon to come
What does Wiesel mean when he says”Besides, people were interested in everything in strategy, in diplomacy, in politics, in Zionism but not their own fate?
He means Jews are stubborn,optimistic,confused and curious
Why was celebrating the Passover like playing a comedy?
They wished the holiday would end so as not having to pretend
What decrees were made by the Germans?
We are going to eliminate the Jews
Compatriots
Fellow countrymen
What is meant by that line” On the seventh day of Passover the curtain rose”?
The Germans arrested the leaders of the Jewish community
What will happen to Elie’s family?
Elie’s family will go to concentration camp led by the Germans
Who was Madame Schachter?
A fifty year old woman who crouched in a corner
Why was Madame Schacter upset?
She was separated from her family
How did the others treat Madame Schacter?
The others treated her by trying to soothe her
What was the first thing the prisoners saw when they got to Birkneau?
Flames and smells of burning flesh
How is Wiesel’s community described as?
A poor Jewish community who are very confused/stubborn and curious
Who are SS men?
Officers who have a cruel attitude who use weapons
Why does Wiesel dedicate the book to them?
He has never seen them again
Why did his father wish Elie had gone with his mother?
Hoping he can go to the crematorium to be safe
What is the Kaddish?
The prayer for the dead
Why didn’t Eliezer join his father in reciting this?
Men have never before recited Kaddish for themselves
Who was Stein?
A cousin who came to see Elie’s family in Sighet
Why did Stein stop coming?
He was deported in 1942
