Night Chapters 1 and 2

What is Elie's attitude toward God and religion at the beginning of his memoir?

• He's an atheist

• He goes to synagogue, but his heart is not in it

• He believes people should keep God and religion to themselves

• He is very devout, learning more about God and religion are the most important things to him

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Why is Moishe the Beadle expelled from Sighet?

• He is a foreigner

• He has spoken out against Hitler

• He is making up stories about the SS murdering Jews

• He is teaching Eli Kaballah even though Elie's father forbade it

How did Moishe escape his captivity?

• He ran away when no one was looking

• He was wounded and left for dead

• He attacked the SS officers and stole their Jeep

• He disguised himself as a Hungarian police officer

What did the Gestapo do with the infants in the forest?

• Gave them to non-Jewish families to raise

• Used them for target practice

• Fed them to the wolves

• Sold them into slavery

How does Moishe act differently after he returns from his expulsion?

• He is now a Hitler supporter

• He never talks about what happened in the forest

• He no longer talks about God

• He got married to a young woman he met while he was away

Why doesn't Elie's father leave Sighet when Elie asks him to?

• He says he is too old to start over again

• He can't leave Elie's mother alone in the hospital

• He is afraid he will get fired from his job if they leave

• He is afraid they will be captured by the Germans

How do the German soldiers act when they first arrive in Sighet?

• They are cruel and beat the Jews with sticks

• They are kind to the people they stay with and bring them gifts

• They are greedy and take and take over all the businesses, throwing the Jews in the street

• They act stealthy, trying to fins all the spies in Sighet

Hungarian police issue all of the following edicts EXCEPT

• Jews couldn't own any jewelers or valuables

• Jews couldn't travel by rail

• Jews couldn't be on the streets after 6pm

• Jews couldn't work anywhere except labor camps

When the Jews first have to wear the yellow star, Elie's father says, "The yellow star? So what? It's not lethal..." In his memoir, Elie responds, "(Poor father. Of what then did you die?)" Elie's commentary is an example of:

• Symbolism

• Personification

• Foreshadowing

• Metaphor

Why don't the Jews mind being moved to the ghettos?

• They are among themselves

• There are nicer houses in the ghetto

• The ghettos have better night life

• They are able to stay in their own houses in the ghettos