Night by Elie Wiesel Quiz

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This is a quiz on the book "Night" by Elie Wiesel. It covers basic characters, plot, and context of the memoir/novel written by Wiesel.
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Frage 1

Frage
"Night" is the only written memoir by Elie Wiesel.
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 2

Frage
Where is Eliezer originally from?
Antworten
  • Germany
  • Austria
  • Transylvania
  • France

Frage 3

Frage
What is the name of the character who tries to tell Eliezer's community about the horrors of what happened to the foreign Jews he/she was with on the deportation trains? (Hint: He was said to be a lunatic, and ignored.)
Antworten
  • Eliezer
  • Moshe the Beadle
  • Madame Schächter
  • Rabbi Eliahou

Frage 4

Frage
Which camp is Eliezer housed in throughout the majority of his memoir?
Antworten
  • Auschwitz-Birkenau
  • Chelmno
  • Gleiwitz
  • Buchenwald

Frage 5

Frage
At which camp does Eliezer's father die?
Antworten
  • Auschwitz-Birkenau
  • Chelmno
  • Gleiwitz
  • Buchenwald

Frage 6

Frage
What is the name of the work camp Eliezer and his father are sent to?
Antworten
  • Broma
  • Birkenau
  • Belzec
  • Buna

Frage 7

Frage
What are Eliezer and his family told as they pull into Auschwitz?
Antworten
  • That they are going to be exterminated shortly.
  • That they have arrived at a labor camp where they will be treated well and kept together as families.
  • That they must pay for their sins through hard work and starvation.
  • That they have to separate and give up what's left of their belongings.

Frage 8

Frage
What is the name of the woman who screams that she can see fires in the distance? (Hint: She has a ten-year old son)
Antworten
  • Madame Schächter
  • Béa
  • Hilda
  • Tzipora

Frage 9

Frage
What smell does Eliezer describe upon arriving at Birkenau on the train?
Antworten
  • The smell of dead corpses
  • The smell of poisonous gas
  • The smell of burning flesh
  • The smell of human waste

Frage 10

Frage
On which "block" are Eliezer and his father housed?
Antworten
  • The musicians' block
  • The electricians' block
  • The mechanics' block
  • The farmers' block

Frage 11

Frage
What is the name of the Jewish violinist Eliezer meets upon moving into the musicians' block?
Antworten
  • Franek
  • Juliek
  • Inek
  • We never get his name

Frage 12

Frage
What happens to the dentist that's supposed to extract Eliezer's gold tooth?
Antworten
  • He is found to be a Jew and is executed.
  • He gets into a fight with a Jewish prisoner who kills him.
  • He gets caught stealing food and beat to death.
  • He is condemned to hanging for illegally trading in gold teeth.

Frage 13

Frage
What is a Kapo?
Antworten
  • A head guard at a concentration camp
  • A prisoner conscripted by the Nazis to police other prisoners
  • A caretaker assigned to each block, responsible for getting each prisoner's food for them
  • The soldier responsible for the furnaces

Frage 14

Frage
Who is the Kapo on Eliezer's block at Auschwitz?
Antworten
  • Mier Katz
  • Zalman
  • Stein
  • Idek

Frage 15

Frage
How is Eliezer's gold tooth removed?
Antworten
  • With brass tongs
  • With a rusty spoon
  • With a dull pocket knife
  • It is never removed

Frage 16

Frage
What happens to the man who crawls to the soup that is left alone in an attempt to eat some?
Antworten
  • He is shot as soon as he reaches the bowl and lifts himself to drink from it
  • He knocks the bowl over and faces execution via hanging
  • He is captured and tortured before he is executed
  • He gets soup and safely makes it back

Frage 17

Frage
The prisoners are too jaded to cry when the little boy associated with the resistance is hung.
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 18

Frage
Where does Eliezer say God is during the hanging of the little boy?
Antworten
  • Protecting others
  • No where to be found
  • With the Nazis
  • Hanging with the little boy on the gallows

Frage 19

Frage
Eliezer observes Yom Kippur by fasting with the rest of the Jewish people around him.
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 20

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What happens to the Jews in the infirmary after the rest are evacuated?
Antworten
  • They are executed
  • They are burned alive
  • They are freed by the Russians only days later
  • They are left alone with their conditions, and die before anyone reaches them

Frage 21

Frage
What does Eliezer injure just before he is evacuated to Buna with the rest?
Antworten
  • His knee
  • His foot
  • His neck
  • His wrist

Frage 22

Frage
What happens to Zalman, the boy who was running next to Eliezer?
Antworten
  • He gets ahead of Eliezer and Eliezer never sees him again
  • He begins attacking others in an effort to survive
  • He fights his way next to Eliezer the entire time, and they both survive
  • He cannot take running anymore, stops, and is trampled to death

Frage 23

Frage
What did Rabbi Eliahou's son do to him during their run in the snow to Buna?
Antworten
  • He ran ahead of him when it seemed his father would not make it
  • He kicked him down when his father pleaded for support
  • He let go of his hand, and died in the snow
  • He helped him and they made it to the abandoned village together

Frage 24

Frage
Eliezer gets a chance to sleep when they reach Gleiwitz.
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 25

Frage
What did the German townspeople throw to the Jewish prisoners on the train out of Gleiwitz? (Hint: A son beats his father to death for it, before he is beaten to death himself)
Antworten
  • Water
  • Cake
  • Bread
  • Money

Frage 26

Frage
Eliezer's father dies on the train to Gleiwitz.
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 27

Frage
Of the 100 Jews brought on the train to Gleiwitz, how many survived?
Antworten
  • 98
  • 65
  • 26
  • 12

Frage 28

Frage
Eliezer's father dies from both dysentery and physical abuse.
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 29

Frage
What year is Eliezer finally freed?
Antworten
  • 1944
  • 1945
  • 1946

Frage 30

Frage
Finally, what does Eliezer say he sees when he looks at himself in the mirror after all this time?
Antworten
  • A ghost
  • A corpse
  • A monster
  • An animal
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