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FINAL EXAM
Study Guide
1. Why does Eliezer pray, and why does he cry when he prays?
2. Why don’t the people believe Moche’s stories?
3. Cite examples of how the Jews gradually lost their freedom.
4. What does Madam Shachter’s nightmare about a fire foreshadow?
5. Where does the train finally stop?
6. When questioned by the SS officer, why does Elie lie about his occupation and age?
7. Why does Elie disbelieve what his own eyes show him?
8. Why is Elie now reluctant to pray?
9. Why is Elie summoned to the dentist?
10. How does Elie react to his father’s beating?
11. Why is the hanging of the “sad eyed angel” one of the most profoundly moving events
in the novel?
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12. Explain the concept of selection as found in this novel?
13. Why couldn’t Elie allow himself to die?
14. Why does Juliek play the violin?
15. Compare how other boys treat their fathers with Eliezer’s treatment of his own father.
16. Why can’t Eliezer weep at his father’s death?
17. When he is finally free, Elie wishes to see himself in the mirror. Why can’t he ever forget
the look in the eye of the corpse that gazes back at him?
18. Who was the protagonist and antagonist and why?
19. Wiesel wrote of those things he will never forget (p32). After reading Night, what images,
ideas, and feelings do you think you will never forget?
20. At one point in the book, Wiesel said that he had ceased to feel human. What did he
mean by this and what things can cause people to lose their sense of dignity and
humanity?
21. Two of the people Eliezer encounters more than once in the narrative are Akiba Drumer
and Juliek. Where and when does he cross paths with these individuals? Describe their
personalities. What are their outstanding traits? Describe the relationships that Eliezer has
with each of them. How do their respective deaths affect Eliezer? What does each
person mean to him?
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22. At the end of Night, Eliezer’s father is dying a slow, painful death in Buchenwald. But
Eliezer is there to comfort him. Does Eliezer see his father as a burden by this point, or
does he feel only pity and sorrow for him? Compare and contrast the father-son
relationship you see that the end of this memoir with the one you saw at the beginning.
23. There were a few themes throughout Night. Pick one of the following and discuss why
you believe that to be the dominate theme.
a. Death
b. Loss of Faith
c. Dehumanization
d. Survival
e. Perseverance
f. Loss of Innocence
24. Label each element of plot from Night.
a. Basic Situation:
b. Rising Action:
c. Climax:
d. Falling Action:
e. Resolution
25. Identify one character from Night who fits each of the following categories – and explain
why:
a. Protagonist:
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
Antagonist:
Round:
Flat:
Dynamic:
Static: