Night/Holocaust test

Question 1

Acerbic

Answer 1

Tone of harshness or severity

Question 2

Apathetic

Answer 2

Having or showing little or no emotion; indifferent or unresponsive

Question 3

Benevolent

Answer 3

Characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings

Question 4

Cynical

Answer 4

Bitterly distrustful, contemptuous, or pessimistic; sneering

Question 5

Didactic

Answer 5

Intended for in struction; instructive

Question 6

Elegiac

Answer 6

Expressing sorrow or lamentation

Question 7

Fatalistic

Answer 7

An acceptance of events as inevitable

Question 8

Foreboding

Answer 8

A strong feeling or notion of a future misfortune, evil

Question 9

Reverent

Answer 9

Deeply respectful; showing great esteem

Question 10

Melancholic

Answer 10

Characterized by or causing or expressing sadness

Question 11

How many Jews were killed in the Holocaust?

Answer 11

6 million

Question 12

When did World War II begin?

Answer 12

September 1st, 1939

Question 13

What started WWII?

Answer 13

Germany invaded Poland

Question 14

What was Hitler’s private army called?

Answer 14

The SS

Question 15

How large was Auschwitz?

Answer 15

5,000 football fields or 6,720 acres

Question 16

How old was Elie Wiesel when he arrived in Birkenau?

Answer 16

15

Question 17

The last time Wiesel saw his last sister Tzipora, what was she wearing?

Answer 17

Red Coat

Question 18

Over 60 years after the Holocaust, what answers does Wiesel say he has found?

Answer 18

0

Question 19

Wiesel refers to Auschwitz as a?

Answer 19

Factory of Death

Question 20

By 1944, ______ ________ Jews a day arrived at Auschwitz.

Answer 20

8,600 Hungarian Jews

Question 21

Auschwitz II or Birkenau contained ____ gas chambers

Answer 21

4 gas chambers

Question 22

Approximately _____% of arrivals were immediately sent to the gas chambers. Those who lived became _____.

Answer 22

75%; workers

Question 23

Average life span of a laborer?

Answer 23

4 months

Question 24

When did Wiesel move to Auschwitz 1?

Answer 24

1944

Question 25

What year was Auschwitz liberated?

Answer 25

1945