Eng2da - Final Exam (June 20, 2012)
This is Part 1 of Mr. Beland's ENG2DA final examination. Suggestion: Many of the questions here identify the work of literature they involve in one of these ways (Night, Macbeth, Lord of the Flies, etc. ) Pay attention! Good luck! Part 2, requires you to write an essay. See Mr. Beland for the essay prompt once you've completed this online session.
- 1.(Night) Mosh the Beadle escaped with his life by hiding out behind a brick building.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 2.(Night) The people of Sighet believed that the Fascists would not come to their town.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 3.(Night) When the Jews were moved to the ghettos, Elie’s family stayed in their home.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 4.(Night) At the “selection,” Elie and his father both lied about their ages.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.(Night) The cruel Sonder-Kommando guarded the prisoners so they wouldn’t escape.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.(Night) None of those in charge of the prisoners ever spoke a kind word to them.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.(Night) Elie couldn’t communicate with the French girl, because he knew no French.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.(Night) The pipel was shot in front of everyone by the firing squad.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.(Night) Elie underwent surgery for an infected foot.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.(Night) Elie was afraid to sleep in the shed because he thought he would die there.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 11.(Night) Elie’s father died in the train on the way to Buchenwald.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 12.(Night) Ironically, immediately following liberation, Elie nearly died of pneumonia.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 13.(Night) As a young man, one of the most important things in Elie’s life was:
- A.
Family
- B.
Education
- C.
Religion
- D.
Community service
- 14.(Night) Before the Jews were taken to Auschwitz, they were:
- A.
Pillaged by the Hungarian policemen
- B.
Forced to move into the ghettos
- C.
Shaved, showered, disinfected, and given clean clothes
- D.
Put through their first "selection"
- 15.(Night) When the younger men with the knives wanted to revolt, they did not because:
- A.
The older men told them not to lose faith
- B.
They were caught by the guards
- C.
They were afraid
- D.
There was no time left
- 16.(Night) As the lorry was brought closer to Elie, he saw that it contained:
- A.
Clothing and other supplies for the prisoners
- B.
Food and water for the prisoners
- C.
Even more soldiers and guards
- D.
Dead babies and children
- 17.(Night) One of the officers took a special interest in the children because he:
- A.
Missed his own little ones
- B.
Wanted them for his own pleasure
- C.
Was worried for their safety
- D.
Wanted to kill them himself
- 18.(Night) The most appalling thing about the death of the pipel was that:
- A.
He was tortured first
- B.
He had done nothing wrong
- C.
He did not die right away so he suffered
- D.
All of the above
- 19.(Night) After a while in the camps, Elie’s thoughts and actions began to show that:
- A.
He had forgotten about his mother
- B.
His friends were more important than family
- C.
Nearly escaped
- D.
Was glad to be free of him
- 20.(Night) Because of the conditions on the train to Buchenwald, most of the prisoners:
- A.
Had died during the night
- B.
Had to be taken to the hospital
- C.
Wanted revenge on the SS guards
- D.
Were barely able to walk
- 21.(Night) The result of the uprising by the resistance was that:
- A.
They were all executed
- B.
The camp was blown up
- C.
The Nazis left and the resistance took over
- D.
The camp was evacuated
- 22.(Night) Tried unsuccessfully to warn the Wiesel family to leave:
- A.
The Hungarian policeman
- B.
Rabbi Eliahou
- C.
Moshe, the Beadle
- D.
Both A and B
- E.
Both A and C
- F.
Both B and C
- 23.(Night) Elie saw him in bed with a young woman so he punished him publicly for it:
- A.
Dr. Mengele
- B.
Juliek
- C.
Franek
- D.
Idek
- 24.(Night) Chosen for their strength, these people worked in the crematoria:
- A.
Pipel
- B.
Sonder-Kommando
- C.
SS
- D.
Kapos
- 25.(Night) Played his violin for the prisoners until he was killed:
- A.
Franek
- B.
Idek
- C.
Juliek
- D.
Yossi
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