“I’ve been summoned to an extraordinary meeting of the council. Something must have happened.”

The good story he had been in the middle of telling us was to remain unfinished.

“I’m going there,” he went on. “I shall be back as soon as I can. I’ll tell you all about it. Wait for me.”

We were prepared to wait for some hours. The backyard became like the hall outside an operating room. (10)

In the paragraphs above, Elie Wiesel uses a simile that suggests -

In the beginning of the book, how does Elie differ from his father?

Which line from the selection provides the best evidence that the Jews of Sighet are optimistic despite Hitler’s plan of extermination?

Read the following Excerpt from the novel Night:

I looked at our house, where I had spent so many years in my search for God; in fasting in order to hasten the coming of the Messiah; in imagining what my life would be like. Yet I felt little sorrow. I thought of nothing. (15)

What does the quotation suggest about the religious conflict facing Elie at the moment?

Read the following excerpt from the novel Night:

The synagogue was like a huge station: luggage and tears. The altar was broken, the hangings torn down, the walls bare. There were so many of us that we could scarcely breathe. We spent a horrible twenty-four hours there…Since no one could get out, people were relieving themselves in a corner. (17)

From this description of the synagogue, the reader can infer that -

Which line from the novel best foreshadows the motif of loss of faith?

I did not fast, mainly to please my father, who had forbidden me to do so. But further, there was no longer any reason why I should fast. I no longer accepted God’s silence. As I swallowed my bowl of soup, I saw in the gesture an act of rebellion and protest against Him. And I nibbled my crust of bread. In the depths of my heart, I felt a great void. (51)

This quote can best be interpreted as a symbol of Elie’s -

After Elie’s doctor operated on his foot, Elie said, they put me in a bed with white sheets. I had forgotten that people slept in sheets. (57)

The author includes this information in order to -

“Look, take this knife,” he said to me.”‘I don’t need it any longer. It might be

useful to you. And take this spoon as well. Don’t sell them. Quickly! Go on. Take what I am giving you!”

The inheritance.

“Don’t talk like that, Father.” (55)

The words “the inheritance” in the selection imply that -

In the morning, the face of the camp had changed. Prisoners appeared in strange outfits: it was like a masquerade. Everyone had put on several garments, one on top of the other, in order to keep out the cold. Poor mountebanks, wider than they were tall, more dead than alive; poor clowns, their ghostlike faces emerging from piles of prison clothes! Buffoons! (61)

The primary purpose of the text above is to -

But there was nothing outside save the darkness of night. With shame in our souls, we went back to our places, gnawed by fear, in spite of ourselves. (21)

In the excerpt above, “darkness” and “night” can be best interpreted as symbolic of -

You must never lose faith, even when the sword hangs over your head… (23)

The quotation above suggests that the selection explores the thematic idea of -

Which of these illustrates irony?

I dragged myself to my corner. I ached all over. I felt a cool hand wiping my blood-stained forehead. It was the French girl. She gave me her mournful smile and slipped a bit of bread into my hand. She looked into my eyes. I felt that she wanted to say something but was choked by fear. (39)

The primary purpose of the text above is to -

Then, as if he had suddenly woken up from a heavy doze, he dealt my father such a clout that he fell to the ground, crawling back on all fours. I did not move. What had happened to me? My father had just been struck, before my very eyes, and I had not flickered an eyelid. I had looked on and said nothing. Yesterday, I should have sunk my nails into the criminal’s flesh. (29)

From the passage above, which words best help the reader to understand what the word clout means?

Then, as if he had suddenly woken up from a heavy doze, he dealt my father such a clout that he fell to the ground, crawling back on all fours. I did not move. What had happened to me? My father had just been struck, before my very eyes, and I had not flickered an eyelid. I had looked on and said nothing. Yesterday, I should have sunk my nails into the criminal’s flesh. (29)

From the passage above, the reader can infer that a change has happened to Elie. What is that change?

1. Stretched out by the cauldron, he was now trying to raise himself up to the edge. Either from weakness or fear he stayed there, trying, no doubt, to muster up the last of his strength. At last he succeeded in hoisting himself onto the edge of the pot. For a moment, he seemed to be looking at himself, seeking his ghostlike reflection in the soup. Then, for no apparent reason, he let out a terrible cry, a rattle such as I had never heard before and his mouth open thrust his head toward the still steaming liquid. We jumped at the explosion. Falling back onto the ground, his face stained with soup, he writhed for a few seconds at the foot of the cauldron, then he moved no more. (44)

Which of the following is the most reasonable conclusion that can be drawn about the inmate who had dared to crawl toward the two deserted cauldrons of soup during the air raid?

1. The last night in Buna. Yet another last night. The last night at home, the last night in the ghetto, the last night in the train. . . How much longer were our lives to be dragged out from one “last night” to another? (61)

This selection provides the best evidence of -

1. What is the purpose of juxtaposing (laying side by side for comparison purposes) the two passages?

One day when we had stopped, a workman took a piece of bread out of his bag and threw it into a wagon. There was a stampede. Dozens of starving men fought each other to the death for a few crumbs. The German workmen took a lively interest in this spectacle.

Some years later, I watched the same kind of scene at Aden. The passengers on our boat were amusing themselves by throwing coins to the “natives,” who were diving in to get them. An attractive, aristocratic Parisienne was deriving special pleasure from the game. I suddenly noticed that two children were engaged in a death struggle, trying to strangle each other. I turned to the lady.

“Please,” I begged, “don’t throw any more money in!”

“Why not?” she said. “I like to give charity…” (73)

What is the genre of this book?