Night by Elie Wiesel Chapter 1

In Chapter 1 of Night by Elie Wiesel, what was Moishe the Beadle's role in the Hasidic house of prayer?

• He was a jack-of-all-trades

• He was a rabbi

• He was a wealthy benefactor

• He was a scholar of Kabbalah

In Chapter 1 of Night by Elie Wiesel, why did the Jews of Sighet like Moishe the Beadle?

• Because he was poor and lived in penury

• Because he was a skilled tradesman

• Because he was a talented singer

• Because he stayed out of people's way

In Chapter 1 of Night by Elie Wiesel, what did Moishe the Beadle teach the narrator about questions and answers?

• Questions possess power that is lost in the answer

• Questions are unnecessary in a dialogue with God

• Answers can be found in the depths of our souls

• Answers are only understood after death

In Chapter 1 of Night by Elie Wiesel, why did the narrator cry when he prayed?

• Because he felt the need to cry

• Because he was sad and lonely

• Because he wanted attention

• Because he was afraid of God

In Chapter 1 of Night by Elie Wiesel, why did the narrator want to study Kabbalah?

• Because his father encouraged him to

• Because he wanted to become a rabbi

• Because he was a deeply observant and faithful Jew

• Because he wanted to impress Moishe the Beadle

In Chapter 1 of Night by Elie Wiesel, why did the narrator's father discourage him from studying Kabbalah?

• Because he believed it was beyond the narrator's intellectual capacity

• Because he thought Kabbalah was dangerous

• Because he wanted the narrator to focus on basic subjects

• Because there were no Kabbalists in Sighet

In Chapter 1 of Night by Elie Wiesel, how did Moishe the Beadle escape from the Gestapo?

• He was wounded in the leg and left for dead

• He snuck away in the confusion and hid in the forest until they left

• He bribed a guard to let him go

• He disguised himself as a non-Jewish person

In chapter 1, Moishe the Beadle explains to our narrator why the Jews of Sighet refused to believe the tales. What reason does he give?

• They thought he was seeking pity

• They believed he had gone mad

• They thought he was lying

• They were afraid of the truth

In Chapter 1 of Night by Elie Wiesel, what did Moishe the Beadle want from the Jews of Sighet?

• Money

• Pity

• To be believed

• To be left alone

In Chapter 1 of Night by Elie Wiesel, why did the narrator's father refuse to leave Sighet?

• He was too old to start a new life

• He didn't believe the situation was dangerous

• He wanted to stay and fight

• He didn't have enough money to leave