Braingle: 'Night' Trivia Quiz

#1 The book opens with Elie's description of _____, a poor but respected Jew in Sighet, Transylvania. This character is highly religious and philosophical, and serves as a mentor to Wiesel when he decides to study the Kabbalah.

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#2 On which day of the week was the Wiesel family expelled from the ghetto into which it had been forced earlier?

Friday
Saturday
Sunday

#3 Complete the following line from "Night": "Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, that turned my life into one long night _____ times sealed."

Five
Six
Seven
Eight

#4 After approximately three weeks at Auschwitz-Birkenau, Elie and his father were sent to what concentration camp?

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#5 Elie's Holocaust experiences greatly strengthened his faith in God, whom he thanked for his survival.

#6 Fearing that he would be chosen to die because of his weakness, Elie's father gives Elie his inheritance. What two items does Elie receive?

A spoon and a fork
A spoon and a knife
A fork and a knife

He gave up his own life to save the lives of five younger children.
His "last act" was to play part of a Beethoven sonata on his prized violin.
He was the only Jewish inmate who openly forgave the Nazis after liberation.
He was the only one to stand up for Elie when he was falsely accused of stealing bread.

#8 During a break on the evacuation march from Buna, Elie prays to God to "give [him] the strength to never do what Rabbi Eliahu's son has done." What did the Rabbi's son do?

Leave his father behind, recognizing that his weakness was a burden
Kill his father for a crust of bread, despite the Rabbi's pleas for mercy
Publicly blaspheme his mother (the Rabbi's wife) to avoid a beating by the SS

#9 Elie and his father were sent to all of the following concentration camps except:

Auschwitz-Birkenau
Buchenwald
Buna
Sobibor

Night

#1 The book opens with Elie's description of _____, a poor but respected Jew in Sighet, Transylvania. This character is highly religious and philosophical, and serves as a mentor to Wiesel when he decides to study the Kabbalah.

#2 On which day of the week was the Wiesel family expelled from the ghetto into which it had been forced earlier?

#3 Complete the following line from "Night": "Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, that turned my life into one long night _____ times sealed."

#4 After approximately three weeks at Auschwitz-Birkenau, Elie and his father were sent to what concentration camp?

#5 Elie's Holocaust experiences greatly strengthened his faith in God, whom he thanked for his survival.

#6 Fearing that he would be chosen to die because of his weakness, Elie's father gives Elie his inheritance. What two items does Elie receive?

#7 What is Juliek's legacy?

#8 During a break on the evacuation march from Buna, Elie prays to God to "give [him] the strength to never do what Rabbi Eliahu's son has done." What did the Rabbi's son do?

#9 Elie and his father were sent to all of the following concentration camps except:

#10 Elie's father lived just long enough to be liberated, but died the day after liberation.

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