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The Oppressor and The Oppressed. Study Guide. Clues . . . for NIGHT. He was trampled during the evacuation The Jews here did not listen to Moshe the Beadle He was a German Jew who headed the block at Buna He died in the wagon. Clues . . . for NIGHT.
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The Oppressor and The Oppressed • Study Guide
Clues . . . for NIGHT • He was trampled during the evacuation • The Jews here did not listen to Moshe the Beadle • He was a German Jew who headed the block at Buna • He died in the wagon
Clues . . . for NIGHT • She was the youngest of the Wiesel children • He was keeping his promises to the Jews • The men marched here through the snow
Clues . . . for NIGHT • Elie wanted his father to move to this country • Elie grew up in this country • Elie hated these police first • He thought God was testing the Jews
Clues . . . for NIGHT • Madame ____ had dreams of a terrible fire • Rabbi ____ was searching for his son • It was the reception center for Auschwitz
Clues . . . for NIGHT • Jewish musicians were not allowed to play his works • Elie saw this notorious doctor • Mr. Wiesel died in this camp
Clues . . . for NIGHT • The prisoners waled here from Auschwitz • ____ Wiesel was Elie’s father • It had a sign that said, “Work is Liberty”
Clues . . . for NIGHT • _____ was the Kapo who had bouts of Madness • Who offered the Wiesel family safe refuge • _____ tormented Mr. Wiesel to get the gold crown
NIGHT Questions • What did Moshe the Beadle tell the people on his return from being deported?
NIGHT Questions • What was the setting and the year for the first section of the book?
NIGHT Questions • To what did Wiesel compare the world?
NIGHT Questions • What did Madam Schachter see in her vision?
NIGHT Questions • True or False: Elie beat up the gypsy who struck his father?
NIGHT Questions • What did Elie dream of when he dreamed of a better world?
NIGHT Questions • When did the first American troops arrive at the camp?
NIGHT Quotations • The yellow star? Oh, well, what of it? • Look at it! A terrible fire! • Humanity is not concerned with s. • Let the world hear of the existence of Auschwitz.
NIGHT Quotations • I’ve got more faith in Hitler than in anyone else. • It’s the end. God is no longer with us.
NIGHT Vocabulary • short accounts of humorous incidents • left alone by death • deliberate destruction • known widely and unfavorably; infamous
NIGHT Vocabulary • expressing sorrow • boisterous and disorderly • people who are expelled from a country
NIGHT Vocabulary • sadness; depression • flattering comments • a family name
Mongane Wally Serote • From what country does the poet come? • “City Johannesburg” is a poem about oppression. What does the poet emphasize about the differences between the oppressed and the oppressors?
Mongane Wally Serote • In the poem “Motivated to Death”, what is the literal cause of death? • Whom does the narrator judge to be responsible?
Alfonsina Storni • From what country does the poet come? • What is her message of social protest?
Anita Desai • What is the main plot of this story, “For better or for worse”? • Why is it ironic that Uma had such an elaborate wedding ceremony?