Night Section 1 Quiz

Who is the first character introduced in Night?

• Moshe the Beadle

• Adolf Hitler

• Elie Wiesel

• Elie's mother

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What town do Eliezer and his family come from?

• Gleiwitz

• Sighet

• Haifa

• Budapest

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Upon his return to the village, what does Moishe the Beadle try to do?

• Break into Eliezer's home

• Spy for the Nazis

• Become a Rabbi

• Warn the villagers about the Nazi threat

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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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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.

• 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.

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

• 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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What evidence supports the fact that Elie is dedicated to his religion?

• He asks Moishe the Beadle to teach him

• He studies the Kabbalah

• He goes to the Synagogue daily

• All of the above

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

• the Gestapo officers

• the Hungarian police

• the members of the Jewish council

• their non-Jewish neighbors

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Q. Why was Moshe the Beadle important to Elie Wiesel?

• Moshe taught Elie to read

• Moshe inspired Elie to make plans to leave Sighet and study at a university.

• Moshe was the only person who understood Elie's feelings.

• Moshe became his cabbalist, or instructor in the mystical aspects of the Jewish faith.

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 Which sentence does not describe Elie Wiesel's father?

• He was the most learned man in the town.

• He had more concern for outsiders than for his own family.

• He was cultured and unsentimental.

• He was a storekeeper.

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