Night Chapter 1

Define anti-Semitic.

• Discrimination against Jews

• Discrimination against Moishe the Beadle

• Refusal to obey the Gestapo

• Refusal to obey the Nazis.

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Who is the first character introduced in Night?

• Elie's mother

• Moshe the Beadle

• Adolf Hitler

• Elie Wiesel

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What town is Elie from?

• Transylvania

• Hungary

• Poland

• Sighet

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Why is Moshe the Beadle deported?

• He is a foreign Jew

• He is wanted for a crime he committed

• He is disabled

• He is a Jewish leader.

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Who tries to warn the Jews of Sighet that they are in danger of being deported?

• Elie's mother

• Elie

• Elie's father

• Moshe the Beadle

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What news does Elie's father receive at the late-night council meeting?

• The Jews of Sighet would be killed immediately

• The Jews of Sighet would be deported to a concentration camp

• The Jews of Sighet would be deported to America

• The Jews of Sighet will be deported in the morning to an unknown destination

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Which of the following best describes Moshe the Beadle?

• Silly, happy, carefree, rich

• Arrogant, obnoxious, rude, angry

• Well liked, poor, shy, jack of all trades

• happy-go-lucky, giddy, excitable, energetic

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Why didn't people believe Moshe?

• They thought he was crazy or wanted pity.

• They knew he was a liar.

• They didn't know him well.

• They thought he'd do anything for attention.

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Which line from the selection provides the best evidence that the Jews of Sighet are optimistic despite Hitler’s plan of extermination?

• Then one day they expelled all the foreign Jews for Sighet.

• At that time is was still possible to obtain emigration permits for Palestine.

• The Germans were already in the town, the Fascists were already in power, the verdict had already been pronounced, yet the Jews of Sighet continued to smile.

• We were no longer allowed to go into restaurants or cafes, to travel on the railway, to attend synagogue, to go out into the street after six o’clock.

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Which line from the novel best foreshadows the motif of loss of faith?

• Then he understood. (12)

• Household treasures, valuable carpets, silver candelabra, prayer books, Bibles, and other religious articles littered the ground beneath a wonderful blue sky; pathetic objects which looked as though they had never belonged to anyone. (12)

• The Jewish police from the ghetto were able to go and fill a few jugs secretly. Since my sisters and I were destined for the last convoy and we were able to still move about, we helped them as well as we could. (13)

• There was joy-yes, joy! (13)

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