Night Part 1 Quiz

Which sentence does NOT describe Moshe the Beadle?

• He was Aryan, not Jewish
• He worked at the Hasidic synagogue
• He was timid, with dreamy eyes, and did not speak much
• He was able to make himself seem insignificant, almost invisible

Which sentence does not describe Elie Wiesel's father?

• He was the most learned/smart man in the town
• He was cultured an unsentimental
• He had more concern for outsiders than his own family
• He was a storekeeper

Why was Moshe the Beadle important to Elie Wiesel?

• Moshe became his cabbalist, or instructor in the mystical aspects of the Jewish faith.
• Moshe taught Elie to read.
• Moshe was the only person who understood Elie's feelings.
• Moshe inspired Elie to make plans to leave Singhet and study at a university.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What did Moshe the Beadle tell the people on his return from being deported?

• The foreign Jews were shot and dumped into large mass graves.
• The foreign Jews were made to dig coal to fill the large furnaces
• The foreign Jews were sent on a boat to Palestine.
• The foreign Jews who had money were able to buy their freedom.

True or False: Many of the people believed Moshe's story and prepared to leave Singhet.

• True
• False

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What was the setting and the year for the first section of the book?

• 1942-1944 in Sighet, Transylvania
• 1935-1939 in Prague, Czechoslovakia
• 1950-1952 in Palestine and Jerusalem
• 1910-1915 in Berlin, Germany

True or False: Elie's mother and sisters went to Maria's village.

• True
• False

Elie Wiesel said he began to hate them because they were his and his community's first oppressors. Who were they?

• the Hungarian police
• the Gestapo officers
• the members of the Jewish council
• their non-Jewish neighbors

What world leader are the Jews afraid of?

• Joseph Stalin
• Adolf Hitler
• Truman
• Donald Trump

What job does Elie's father have before the Holocaust?

• mayor
• storekeeper
• councilman
• soldier