night/the pianist

Question 1

what is a memoir?

Answer 1

an autobiographical account of a person’s experiences and observations of an event

Question 2

what do memoirs do?

Answer 2

1- record actual events based on the writer’s observations
2- reveal writer’s feelings
3- provides historical context for the events described

Question 3

what is tone?

Answer 3

the author’s attitude towards a subject

informal, serious, angry, lighthearted

Question 4

what is mood?

Answer 4

the emotional atmosphere the writer creates

fear, dread, amusement

Question 5

what is reprieve?

Answer 5

the cancellation or postponement of punishment

Question 6

what is isolation?

Answer 6

the condition of being alone or apart from others

Question 7

what is emaciated?

Answer 7

made extremely thin and weak

Question 8

what is conscientiously?

Answer 8

doing something thoroughly

Question 9

what is execute?

Answer 9

to carry out, or accomplish

Question 10

what is deprecating?

Answer 10

belittling or downplaying something

Question 11

what is decisive?

Answer 11

final or concluding

Question 12

what is naïve?

Answer 12

lacking in experience and everyday knowledge

Question 13

what is din?

Answer 13

loud noise

Question 14

night:

the guards separate the inmates by:

Answer 14

physical condition

Question 15

night:

after the first selection, why doesn’t the author mind his work assignment?

Answer 15

it means he has been spared

Question 16

night:

what does Wiesel’s father give him?

Answer 16

a spoon and a knife

Question 17

the pianist:

why does the narrator have to move to new hiding places?

Answer 17

the Germans have found him

Question 18

the pianist:

when the officer finds the narrator he asks him to:

Answer 18

play the piano

Question 19

how does the narrator keep his mind occupied while hiding?

Answer 19

going over compositions in his head