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Night

Elie Wiesel

Study Guide

Summary
- Plot Overview
Characters
Main Ideas
- Themes
- Motifs
- Symbols
- Key Facts
Quotes
- Important Quotations Explained
Further Study
- Context
- Full Book Quiz
- Study Questions
- Suggestions for Further Reading
Writing Help

Further Study

Themes, Motifs, and Symbols Quiz

Further Study Themes, Motifs, and Symbols Quiz

1 of 5
How does Eliezer view the world at the beginning of Night?

He sees it as a reflection of a benevolent God.
He believes it has become corrupted and immoral.
He views it as drained of all human happiness.
He understands it as a strictly material phenomenon.

2 of 5
What is the significance of the cruelty of the prisoners to one another?

It reflects the hostility Eliezer feels toward his father.
It shows the evil and cruelty that everyone is capable of.
It demonstrates the fundamental immorality of imprisonment.
It inspires Eliezer's attempt to escape the camp.

3 of 5
How does Night relate to the biblical story of Abraham and Isaac?

It also shows that God intervenes to save innocent lives.
It demonstrates the opposite point, that God remains silent and uninvolved.
It demonstrates the lasting relevance of biblical lessons.
The stories are unrelated.

4 of 5
How does Eliezer try to overcome the silence of the victims of the Holocaust?

By analyzing the Nazis
By rebelling against his captors
By telling his story
By saving his father's life

5 of 5
What always accompanies night in Eliezer's account?

The budding hope of liberation
The comforting feeling of community
The frustrating absence of order
The worst depths of suffering

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