WorksheetsNight Chapter 4 Quiz
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 8mins
When Elie says that he is “nothing but a body. Perhaps even less: a famished stomach” (Wiesel 52). This shows that at this point in the memoir, he is motivated almost solely by
hunger
anger
passion
rebellion
After his father is savagely beaten for being lazy, Elie is frustrated with him because he felt that his father should have
ran away
fought back
hid
Elie lives and becomes friendly with the the musicians
True
False
The use of a flash-forward to Wiesel meeting the young French girl from the warehouse in Paris serves to
illustrate his survival
illustrate his death
show that the girl is his best friend
show that the girl is his enemy
In an attempt to get Elie’s gold crown, Franek, the foreman, beats Elie’s father rather than Elie because he
knows that Elie will just give up and let him have his crown
knows that Elie wants his father to get hurt
knows his father is his weakness
The quote "the soup tasted of corpses that night" refers to
having dead body parts put into the soup
the soup being days old
the cook not properly preparing the soup
Elie being upset with the boy's hanging
Elie witnesses two separate hangings in this section. During the first one, the condemned man’s last words are:
“Long live liberty! My curse on Germany! My curse!” (Wiesel 62). This shows that the man is
defiant
obideiant
not afraid
When Buna is bombed, the inmates are happy because they are not afraid of death. The reader can infer that they have lost their fear of death because
the conditions at camp are worse than death
they think they will survive
they think the Nazis will die
Elie's job in Buna ends up being...
Hauling slabs of stone
Moving bodies to the furnace
Sorting electrical parts
Serving soup in the mess hall
At work (as with most cases), Elie requests that he be able to sit...
With the French woman
With his father
By himself
With Idek
Unlike the other camps, Buna was described as...
Overcrowded and dangerous
Overcrowded, but safer
Empty, but dangerous
Empty, but safer
Elie gives up his gold crown to prevent what from happening?
Idek from attacking him
Franek from attacking his father
Franek from punishing the French woman
Idek from giving him further lashes
An alert goes through the camp because of...
An escaped prisoner
An order from Hitler
A hanging
Allied planes bombing
A man is hanged following the alert because he was caught...
Trying to escape
Stealing
Out of his bunk
Eating soup
Why was Elie happy to hear bombs exploding around him towards the end of chapter 4?
He was ready to die and knew if he died from a bomb he would no longer suffer.
He thought the Jewish musicians could use some drum sounds to go along with their boring music.
Elie built bombs in his spare time and admired a good detonation.
Elie wanted revenge for the Nazis and bombs exploding around him gave him hope.
Why was Ellie happy that he got to keep his crown?
It was sentimental to him
He did not want to go through the pain
He could eventually trade it for something valuable
He liked how it looked on him
What does Gallows mean?
denoting a person regarded as skilled or prominent in a specified area of activity.
cancel or postpone the punishment of (someone, especially someone condemned to death).
execution by hanging
have a strong wish or desire.
What does the hanging of the young boy, the "angelic pipel," symbolize?
The death of humanity and all the Jews alike.
It symbolizes the death of God. Elie believed that God must be dead if He would allow such an atrocity to take place.
It symbolizes the death of angels to come and intervene when a little innocent boy needed aid.
It symbolizes the continued hopelessness that was being felt among all the Jews at this time.
