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WorksheetsNight: Book and Terms Review
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Moishe the Beadle is relevant to the story because
He represents the spirituality of the people of Sighet.
He represents the imminent danger facing the Jews.
He represents hope in Sighet.
He represents the ideas of the Nazis.
What does "imminent" mean?
extremely dangerous
quite expensive
ready to kill
about to happen
What is the difference between optimistic and pessimistic.
Optimistic means hopeful (the best will happen) and pessimistic means hopeless (the worst will happen).
Optimistic means hopeless (the worst will happen) and pessimistic means hopeful (the best will happen).
Optimistic means pretty and pessimistic means ugly.
Optimistic means good and pessimistic means evil.
When Elie's father claims that the yellow star is "not lethal" what kind of irony is this?
Dramatic irony because most readers know that the yellow star was the first step toward classifying the Jews in what would eventually become a lethal crisis.
Situational irony because the yellow stars gave the Jews favorable treatment.
Situational irony because the stars allowed them to live like rich, famous celebrities.
Verbal irony because Elie's father knows that the yellow star really is lethal
When the Jews of Sighet are evacuated into the ghettos, Elie says, "There was joy, yes, joy. People must have thought there could be no greater torment in God's hell than that of being stranded here on the sidewalk, among the bundles, in the middle of the street under a blazing sun" (16). What type of irony is present here?
Dramatic irony
Situational irony
Verbal irony
What is the difference between the three different kinds of irony: dramatic, situational, and verbal?
Dramatic: There is more drama than usual.
Situational: The situation is incredibly ridiculous
Verbal: Nobody says what they mean.
Dramatic: The words are contrary to what is really meant.
Situational: The audience knows something the characters do not.
Verbal: The situation (what is happening) is contrary to what is expected.
Dramatic: The situation (what is happening) is contrary to what is expected.
Situational: The words are contrary to what is really meant.
Verbal: The audience knows something the characters do not.
Dramatic: The audience knows something the characters do not.
Situational: The situation (what is happening) is contrary to what is expected.
Verbal: The words are contrary to what is really meant.
What does "surreptitiously" mean? (The Jewish police surreptitiously filled jugs of water).
Happily
Secretly
Grumpily
Angrily
What is the best choice for the climax of the story?
When Elie dies.
When Elie's father dies.
When Elie's mother and sister's are taken away.
When Meir Katz dies.
Which of the following statements is a fitting theme for Night?
Children should be punished for their parents' crimes.
Everyone changes to survive in harsh times, even if they are demeaning and insulting.
Only the kindest and noblest people survive harsh times.
People have a frightening way of being cruel to others.
If an author makes a reference to a historical place or event in the past (the story's past), like Babylon or the Spanish Inquisition, what literary device is this?
A simile
alliteration
an allusion
a metaphor
