Night: Chapter 1 People, Places and Things

Question 1

The very first character introduced in Night,

Answer 1

Moishe the Beadle

Question 2

This town was where the novel began, a small town in Hungary, formerly in Romania

Answer 2

Sighet

Question 3

Region in northwestern Romania where a portion of this novel takes place.

Answer 3

Transylvania

Question 4

The body of jewish ceremonial law and legend.

Answer 4

Talmud

Question 5

The building where a Jewish assembly or congregation meets for religious worship and instruction.

Answer 5

Synagogue

Question 6

The Jewish quarter in a city

Answer 6

Ghetto

Question 7

A mystical branch of Judaism that explores the hidden aspects of God and the universe

Answer 7

Kabbalah

Question 8

The names of the four Wiesel children

Answer 8

Hilda, Bea, Elie, Tzipora

Question 9

This is a foundational work in the literature of Jewish mystical thought known as Kabbalah. It is a group of books including commentary on the mystical aspects of the Torah

Answer 9

Zohar

Question 10

The Jewish New Year festival, held on the first (also sometimes the second) day of Tishri (in September). It is marked by the blowing of the shofar, and begins the ten days of penitence culminating in Yom Kippur.

Answer 10

Rosh Hashanah

Question 11

A movement originally for reestablishing a Jewish homeland in Palestine and now for supporting the Jewish national state of Israel.

Answer 11

Zionism

Question 12

Extremely authoritarian, intolerant, or oppressive ideas or behavior / the person who supports this right wing oppression.

Answer 12

Fascist

Question 13

The___________ with the word “Jude” inscribed on it has become a symbol of Nazi persecution, but it was not instituted in 1933 or 1935

Answer 13

Yellow Star

Question 14

hostility to or prejudice against Jewish people

Answer 14

Antisemitism

Question 15

The German secret police under Nazi rule

Answer 15

Gestapo