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Night
Elie Wiesel
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Summary
Plot Overview
Summary & Analysis
Foreword
Section One
Section Two
Section Three
Section Four
Section Five
Sections Six and Seven
Sections Eight and Nine
Characters
Character List
Eliezer
Eliezer’s Father
Moishe the Beadle
Main Ideas
Themes
Motifs
Symbols
Key Facts
Quotes
Important Quotes Explained
Further Study
Context
Full Book Quiz
Section Quizzes
Analysis of Major Characters
Character List
Context
Foreword
Plot Overview
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
Section 6 and 7
Sections 8 and 9
Themes, Motifs, and Symbols
Study Questions
Suggestions for Further Reading
Writing Help
How to Write Literary Analysis
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Themes, Motifs, and Symbols Quiz
Further Study
Themes, Motifs, and Symbols Quiz
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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.
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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.
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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
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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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