Quiz on Elie Wiesel's Night

In what year does "Night" open?

• 1928, the year of Elie Wiesel’s birth

• 1939, the year World War II breaks out

• 1941, just before Elie Wiesel is thirteen

• 1944, the year Elie Wiesel is sent to a concentration camp

Which of these events happens first?

• Moshe the Beadle is deported.

• The Wiesels must live in a ghetto area.

• The Wiesels must wear a Star of David.

• The Wiesels must go to a concentration camp.

Which phrase best describes the attitude of Sighet’s Jews before they are put on the trains?

• fighting mad

• blind to the truth

• blindly loyal to the Nazi cause

• wise in the ways of the world

What does it say on the gate at Auschwitz?

• “Work is liberty.”

• “Abandon all hope ye who enter here.”

• “Men to the left, women to the right.”

• “May His Name be blessed.”

Which of the following best represents the dehumanizing treatment at the concentration camps?

• Juliek’s violin

• the Zohar

• the number tattooed on Elie’s arm

• Chlomo Wiesel’s knife and spoon

Which phrase best describes the French woman who pretends to be Aryan?

• deceitful and wicked

• brave and generous

• cold and uncaring

• clever but selfish

In the selection process, for what are inmates selected?

• work details

• field trips outside the concentration camp

• public humiliation

• death

Which of these mistaken decisions does Elie Wiesel make?

• He refuses to leave Sighet for Palestine when his father begs him to go.

• He refuses to hide with a Christian family servant when his mother begs him to go.

• He refuses to stay in the hospital when the Russian Army is advancing.

• all of the above

For Elie Wiesel, which of the following was tested during his years in the camps?

• his love for his father

• his humanity

• his faith in God

• all of the above

In the end, which members of Elie Wiesel’s family perish in the Holocaust?

• his father

• his mother

• his sister Tzipora

• all of the above