"Night" Chapters 3-5 Vocabulary in Context

"The beloved objects that we had carried with us from place to place were now left behind in the wagon and, with them, finally, our ILLUSIONS" (Wiesel 29). Which dictionary definition of ILLUSION matches how it is being used in this quote?

• a thing that is or is likely to be wrongly perceived or interpreted by the senses.

• a deceptive appearance or impression.

• a false idea or belief.

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Upon arriving in Auschwitz, Wiesel remarks, "There was TUMULT. It was imperative to stay together" (Wiesel 30). Choose which meaning of tumult is most applicable, given the context of the moment.

• violent and noisy commotion or disturbance of a crowd or mob; uproar

• a general outbreak, riot, or uprising

• highly distressing agitation of mind or feeling; turbulent mental or emotional disturbance

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Upon arriving in Auschwitz, Wiesel remarks, "There was tumult. It was IMPERATIVE to stay together" (Wiesel 30). Choose an antonym for imperative.

• essential

• necessary

• inconsequential

• crucial

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"Another inmate appeared, unleashing a stream of INVECTIVES: 'Sons of bitches, why have you come here?'..." (Wiesel 30). Choose the INCORRECT option.

• insults

• curse words

• expletives

• pleasantries

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"We stood stunned, PETRIFIED. Could this be just a nightmare? An unimaginable nightmare?" (Wiesel 31). Petrified can mean fossilized or so frightened that one is unable to move. Which context clue from the sentence indicates the meaning of petrified?

• stunned

• nightmare

• stood

• unimaginable

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"Yes, I did see this, with my own eyes...children thrown into the flames. (Is it any wonder that ever since then, sleep tends to ELUDE me?)" (Wiesel 33). The following words are all related to elude. Which term does not match the same emotional connotation as how ELUDE is used in the sentence?

• evade

• defy

• escape

• avoid

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"Our senses were numbed, everything was fading into a fog. We no longer cared about anything...In one terrifying moment of LUCIDITY, I thought of us as damned souls wandering through the void, souls condemned to wander through space until the end of time..." (Wiesel 36). Clarity is a near synonym for lucidity. Choose TWO context clues that work together within the excerpt to show the meaning of lucidity.

• Our senses were numbed, everything was fading into a fog

• condemned to wander

• until the end of time

• in one terrifying moment

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"An SS officer had come in and, with him, the smell of the Angel of Death...He HARANGUED us from the center of the barrack...'You are in a concentration camp...'" (Wiesel 38). Harangued has a negative connotation, but it is a near synonym of:

• lectured

• disciplined

• harassed

• coddled

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"...You are in Auschwitz. And Auschwitz is not a CONVALESCENT home. It is a concentration camp. Here you must work..." (Wiesel 38-39). The description of a concentration camp from the excerpt helps the reader determine that the adjective convalescent is related to:

• manual labor

• rest

• torture

• death

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When Elie requests that he receives the same work assignment as his father, the leader's assistant replies, "I can arrange it. For a PITTANCE, your shoes. I'll give you another pair" (Wiesel 48). Based on the sentence, choose the meaning of pittance.

• a small price

• a debt

• an obligation

• a threat

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