Night Unit Assessment

What word means the systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and extermination of approximately 6 million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators?

• Genocide

• Pogrom

• Fascism

• Holocaust

What word means the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group?

• Genocide

• Pogrom

• Fascism

• Holocaust

What is prejudice against or hatred toward Jews called?

• Annihilation

• Colic

• Anti-Semitism

• Genocide

What was the patch that the Nazis forced Jews to wear in order to segregate and isolate them?

• The yellow star of David with "Jude" inscribed in the center

• Zionist symbol

• Hebrew symbol

• A purple triangle

Marked off sections of towns and cities where Jews were forced to live were called...

• Ghettos

• Einsatzgruppen

• Auschwitz

• Talmudic Treatisies

What did Wiesel want to study at the beginning of the book?

• Anti-Semitism: He wanted to study it so that he could single-handedly end prejudice against the Jewish people.

• History: Elie was extremely interested in the history of his ancestors.

• Kabbalah: He wanted to study the Jewish religious text so that he can get the answer to life's real questions.

• Hebrew: Elie was intrigued by this "lost" language.

Which sentence does NOT describe Elie Wiesel's father in the beginning of the story?

• He had more concern for civil affairs than his own family.

• He was cultured, but unsentimental.

• He was the most scholarly man in the town of Sighet.

• He was a storekeeper.

Upon his return to Sighet, what does Moishe the Beadle attempt to do?

• Warn the Jews of his spiritual death.

• Teach Kabbalah to the young people in Sighet.

• Find his faith once again by speaking frequently of God and the Kabbalah.

• Creates a resistance movement against the Nazi party.

When Elie Wiesel first arrived in Birkenau, why did he lie about his age? Think about what the prisoners experienced upon arrival, where 90% of prisoners were sent to a specific area.

• To get a better job, or "work kommando."

• To avoid selection.

• To stay with his mother and sister.

• To rebel.

What did Elie do when Idek hit his father?

• He prayed out loud for God's forgiveness.

• Elie remained silent when his father was being beaten and wanted to disappear.

• He hit his father himself for not avoiding Idek's punishment.

• He hit Idek over the head with a chair.