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Night By Elie Weisel Study Guide Questions And Answers Latest Update
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- Night by Elie Wiesel
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- Yale University
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Night By Elie Weisel Study Guide Questions AndAnswers Latest Update
Chapter 1: Describe Mosh the Beadle -ANS>Mosh the Beadle was Elie's spiritual
advisor.
Chapter 1: Why did Eliezer pray and why did he cry when he prayed? -ANS>Eliezer
didn't know why he prayed but he felt like something needed to be cried about
when he prayed.
Chapter 1: Upon his return, what story did Mosh tell? -ANS>Mosh told the story of
how he watched the German soldiers kill Jews and use babies as shooting targets.
Chapter 1: Why didn't the people believe Mosh's story? -ANS>They didn't believe
Mosh's story because Mosh the Beadle was already odd in their eyes and they felt
that he was just trying to recieve pity.
Chapter 1: Cite examples of how the Jewish citizens of Sighet began to lose their
rights. -ANS>The Jews of Sighet lost their homes, rights of wardrobe, and their
independence.
Chapter 1: What is a ghetto? -ANS>A small town with horrible living conditions
Chapter 1: Why did the citizens resist the truth, even when it was in front of them?
-ANS>The Jews wanted to stay hopeful that something good might come.
, Chapter 1: Describe the conditions in the train (at the end of the chapter). -
ANS>The train was cramped and unsecure.
Chapter 2: Where was the train when Elie replied "Our eyes were open, but too
late"? -ANS>Kaschau
Chapter 2: What was forshadowed by Madame Schacter's nightmare? -ANS>The
train being set on fire.
Chapter 2: What did some of the passangers do to quiet Madame Schacter? -
ANS>The passangers hit her, gagged her, and tied her up.
Chapter 2: Where did the train finally stop? -ANS>Auschwitz
Chapter 3: When questioned by the S.S. Officer, why did Elie lie about his age and
occupation? -ANS>He lied because the boys who were too young and the men
who were too old would have been cremated.
Chapter 3: What was the horrifying sight that Elie at first disbelieved? -ANS>The
children in the furnace.
Chapter 3: Explain what Elie meant when he said "Never will I forget these flames
which consumed my faith forever?" -ANS>Elie meant that he had nothing left to
pray for or thank God for.
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