Trivia Quiz On Night Book By Elie Wiesel!
Have you read the book Night by Elie Wiesel? The book has been translated into 30 different languages, and it is one of the most original works of literature concerning the Holocaust. Night is the opening book of a trilogy. Wiesel was born on September 30th, 1928, in Signet, a town in the Carpathian Mountains of northern Transylvania. If you are intent on discovering more about Night by Elie Wiesel, try this quiz.
- 1.Moishe the Beadle was deported from Sighet because he was:
- A.
Jewish
- B.
A Foreigner
- C.
Homosexual
- D.
A Social Democrat
- 2.What emotion best describes the attitude of the Jewish community in Sighet towards the Germans during the first five years of World War II?
- A.
Indifference
- B.
Terror
- C.
Enthusiasm
- D.
Resentment
- 3.How did Eliezer learn that the Jews were to be deported?
- A.
German soldiers forcibly drove families out of their homes.
- B.
An official notice was sent to all the families in the community.
- C.
He was stopped in the streets by a messenger from Budapest.
- D.
His father heard from the Jewish Council.
- 4.What initial event caused Madame Schachter to lose her mind?
- A.
She was separated from her husband and two sons.
- B.
She was beaten by the Germans for trying to escape deportation by passing as an Aryan.
- C.
Her possessions were confiscated by the Hungarian Police.
- D.
Her mother was shot before her eyes by the Germans.
- 5.Which concentration camp does Eliezer arrive at first?
- A.
Treblinka
- B.
Auschwitz/Birkenau
- C.
Buna
- D.
Buchenwald
- 6.How old does Eliezer tell Dr. Mengele he is when he arrives at Birkenau?
- A.
Twelve
- B.
Twenty
- C.
Eighteen
- D.
Fourteen
- 7.What was the most important thing that Moishe taught Eliezer?
- A.
To always remember his own faults even though those of his persecutors may seem far worse in comparison.
- B.
To strive to love God unconditionally knowing you will be rewarded
- C.
To try to ask God the right questions, not to try to find the right answers.
- D.
To live through persecution by focusing on future revenge.
- 8.Which of the following people did not try to warn Eliezer's family to try to escape?
- A.
Moishe the Beadle
- B.
A member of the Hungarian Police
- C.
An old family servant
- D.
Eliezer's uncle living in America
- 9.What happens to the prisoners every time they enter a new camp?
- A.
The soldiers feed and assign them to barracks.
- B.
They must strip and shower.
- C.
The must go through the gauntlet of prisoners who beat them butally.
- D.
They must go through selection.
- 10.When they arrive at Auschwitz, Elie's father is struck by a gypsy. What does Elie do in response?
- A.
Strikes the man back
- B.
Nothing
- C.
Reports it to a soldier
- D.
Verbally assaults the man
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