English 2 Tri 2 Final

Question 1

Night Author:

Answer 1

Eliezer Wiesel

• Ten years after The Holocaust wrote book
• Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work around the world promoting acceptance and tolerance

Question 2

Night, Elie:

Answer 2

The main character and narrator of the story.

• Real person
• Son goes through The Holocaust with dad

Question 3

Night, Moshe the Beadle:

Answer 3

• Elie’s teacher of Jewish mysticism

- Escaped Nazi shooting in forest, came back to warn town; they did not believe him

Question 4

Night, Mrs. Schåchter:

Answer 4

Woman who screams about the fire and it turns out to be true

• Screamed “fire” in train car repeatedly
• Foreshadowing of what was to come

Question 5

Night, The Holocaust:

Answer 5

The Holocaust of a genocide and persecution of the Jews led by the Nazis and Hitler.
- Genocide- term invented after The Holocaust

Question 6

Night, German strategies to gradually dehumanize and eradicate the Jewish population:

Answer 6

• Parades to mock Jews
• Blamed them for WWI
• Put out children’s books that Jews were poisonous mushrooms. Parents told children Jews would catch them and eat them.
• Jews were depicted as carrying disease

Question 7

Significance of title, Night:

Answer 7

The nights during The Holocaust were the worst

• Dark time in human history
• Elie’s first night in camp horrific beyond belief
• Symbolizes darkness of genocide and trauma

Question 8

Maus, Art Spiegelman:

Answer 8

Author and main character of the book.

- Author, artist started independent comic printing, did not go through Holocaust with dad

Question 9

Maus, Vladek Spiegelman:

Answer 9

Father of Art Speigelman→ he tells Art the story of what happened to him during the Holocaust.
- Artie’s father, Holocaust survivor

Question 10

Maus, Richieu:

Answer 10

Anja and Vladek’s other son.

• Vladek’s first son, Artie’s brother
• Sent away to be safe, killed by caregiver
• irony*

Question 11

Maus, Anja:

Answer 11

Art’s mother and Vladek’s wife.

• Vladek’s first wife; Artie’s mother
• Commits suicide

Question 12

Maus, Anja’s diaries:

Answer 12

Anja writes the diaries to tell about her feelings and experiences.

• Records of her experiences during the Holocaust and before Vladek burns them
• Artie calls his dad a “murderer” because he burned his mother’s diaries

Question 13

Maus, Animal representations:
Mouse
Cat
Dog

Answer 13

Mice are the Jews
Cats and the Nazis/ Germans
Dogs are the Americans

Question 14

COS, Steven Galloway

Answer 14

Author

- Canadian Author

Question 15

COS, Kenan:

Answer 15

Kenan is a father of several children and husband to his wife, Amila.
- Father, goes to get water every few days. Dangerous trip

Question 16

COS, Dragan:

Answer 16

Dragan is a civilian and friend to Emina. Dragan tries to move on with his life even though the war is bringing him down.
- Older man, baker, wife and son are in Italy

Question 17

COS, Arrow:

Answer 17

A sniper who serves in the war. She changed her name after she started to kill the men in the hills.
- Sniper, young woman. Before war, carefree teenager. Became sniper for defense of Sarajevo, takes name back at end (Alisa); is killed rather than keep killing