Night Quiz #1

Who is telling the story in Night?

• A Nazi Officer

• Elie Wiesel

• Father John

• Moishe the Beadle

What world-known leader are the Jews aftraid of ?

• President Roosevelt

• Winston Churchill

• Adolf Hitler

• Joseph Stalin

"Night" falls under which category of writing?

• Science fiction

• True Crime

• Autobiographical/Memoir

• Fiction

Which Point of View is the writing strategy used to tell the story of "Night"?

• First Person: A character is telling the story based on what he/she knows, observes and feels.

• Second Person: The story is told to you (not common in fiction).

• Third Person Limited: The story is told by a narrator who is not in the story, but is able to relate the experiences of the characters.

• Third Person Omniscient: The story is told by a narrator who is not in the story, but who knows all the feelings and experiences of the characters.

Which characteristic best shows that "Night" is a work of nonfiction?

• It is written in paragraphs and sentences.

• It is about a time in history.

• It chronicles a real person's life.

• It has plot events that lead to a climax.

Author’s central message about life; written as a complete sentence

• Theme

• Connotation

• Historical Context

• Prose

Why did Elie say, "The ghetto was ruled by neither German nor Jew; it was ruled by delusion."?

• Elie said this because people were having hallucinations.

• Elie said this because the Jews of Sighet kept lying to themselves that life under the Nazis was not bad.

• Elie said this because Delusion is the name of the Romanian who ran the ghetto.

• Elie never made this statement.

How did the Jews of Sighet react to Moishe’s tale of what happened when he was expelled from Sighet?

• They thought he had gone mad and did not listen to him.

• His escape worried them and they listened to his warnings.

• Moishe was never actually expelled from Sighet.

• They became suspicious of his ties to German officers.

What did the Nazis use their edicts (laws/rules) to forbid the Jews of Sighet from doing?

• Owning jewelry.

• Singing during work.

• Dancing in the street.

• Doing manual labor.

How were most Jews transported?

• by train

• by cattle cars

• by walking attached to chains

• by German convoys