Duplicate of Night Unit Test Review

Question 1

The novel achieved “verisimilitude” (a likeness to real life) because:

Accepted Answer

It is told by a real survivor's firsthand experiences.

Question 2

Why do the locals throw bread into the train car as the Jews pass by?

Accepted Answer

They like to watch the prisoners fight.

Question 3

Juliek’s violin is most likely a symbol for:

Accepted Answer

Both A and B.

Question 4

Which of the following best describes the symbol of Religion in the novel?

Accepted Answer

The central conflict of faith for Elie in the camps

Question 5

Which line most accurately relays Elie's feelings of anger and betrayal toward God?

Accepted Answer

“I was the accuser, God the accused.”

Question 6

If something is compuslory, it is optional.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 7

Which quote from Night best supports the author’s purpose?

Accepted Answer

"To forget the dead is akin to killing them a second time.

Question 8

How many people survived the train ride to Buchenwald?

Accepted Answer

12

Question 9

Which group of words best support a theme of anger or betrayal?

Accepted Answer

rebelled, accused, alone

Question 10

Elie’s father’s main purpose in the text is:

Accepted Answer

To demonstrate the conflict of preserving yourself over your family.

Question 11

Elie’s religious testimony and conflict helps present which of the following themes?

Accepted Answer

Even the most faithful struggle in times of crisis.

Question 12

Never shall I forget that night . . . Never shall I forget those flames which consumed my faith forever.

Accepted Answer

The lines reveal internal conflict--Elie's crisis of faith.

Question 13

The outward appearance or apparent form of something, especially when the reality is different.

Accepted Answer

Semblance

Question 14

When Elie looks in the mirror for the first time, he says it is a corpse staring back at him.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

On the train from Sighet, what does Madame Schächter cry out?This is: ____.

Accepted Answer

“Fire! I see a fire! I see a fire!” --foreshadowing.

Question 16

The hanging of the angel eyed pipel, causes Elie to question: "Where is God? There he is hanging from the gallows."

Accepted Answer

This event reveals a loss of innocence and absence of faith.

Question 17

Which of the following best describes the symbol of Fire in the novel?

Accepted Answer

The destruction of Jewish people and culture.

Question 18

What did Elie say when he realized that his father had passed?

Accepted Answer

“I did not weep, and it pained me that I could not weep”

Question 19

The charge that Elie gives throughout the novel is:

Accepted Answer

We as humans must show vigilance and remember the horror of the Holocaust.

Question 20

What is the author's purpose in writing Night?

Accepted Answer

To ensure that the world never forgets the Holocaust.

Question 21

Which of the following literary devices is NOT OFTEN employed by Elie Wiesel in Night?

Accepted Answer

hyperbole/exaggeration

Question 22

Night by Elie Wiesel is which type of literary writing?

Accepted Answer

memoir

Question 23

Who is the protagonist in the novel?

Accepted Answer

Eliezer

Question 24

Elie Wiesel quotes from the Torah and discusses a number of religious texts in this story because:

Accepted Answer

He wants to show the depth of his faith before it is tested.

Question 25

“Night” in the context of Night most closely means:

Accepted Answer

The darkness and suffering Elie faces throughout.

Question 26

Juliek’s last act is to play Beethoven because:

Accepted Answer

Both A and C are true.

Duplicate of Night Unit Test Review

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