Slide 2
Jeopardy
Night by Elie Wiesel
Vocabulary People Places Events Quotations
Vocabulary for $100
Also known as the Jewish New Year
Vocabulary for $200
The holiest day in the Jewish calendar; known as a Day of Atonement, and a day of fasting and prayer for forgiveness
Vocabulary for $300
The secret police force of the German Nazi’s was known as this
Vocabulary for $400
Known as an occult Jewish philosophy based on a mystical interpretation of the scriptures, Elie showed much interest in studying this in the beginning of his memoir.
Vocabulary for $500
A military-style unit of the Nazi party that acted as a special police force; the initials,
SS, stood for this.
People for $100
The name of the lady who saw fire on the way to Auschwitz; she was beaten to be kept quiet.
People for $200
He helped Elie study his faith at the beginning of the memoir, and his warnings were completely ignored after he escaped death
People for $300
Franek the Foreman constantly beat Elie’s father, because he wanted Elie to give him this
People for $400
He beat Elie unconscious twice…once for walking in on him when he was with a
Polish girl, and the other because he was having “a bout of madness”
People for $500
The victim of the second hanging, Elie was terrified because it took him over a ½ hour to die; Elie referred to him as this.
Places for $100
Known as a place of refuge for the Jews before and during the Holocaust.
Places for $200
Place where Elie grew up.
Places for $300
Known as the reception center for Auschwitz
Places for $400
Name of the camp where Elie’s father dies.
Places for $500
A section of Auschwitz, known as the work camp.
Events for $100
After someone dies, it is common for Jews to recite this; also known as the “prayer for the dead”
Events for $200
Elie’s father dies of this disease - a disorder of the lower intestinal tract, usually caused by a bacterial, parasitic, or protozoan infection and resulting in pain, fever, and severe diarrhea, often accompanied by the passage of blood and mucus.
Events for $300
Before selection, Elie’s father gives him these two objects; after selection, Elie gives them back to his father
Events for $400
The number of men (out of 100) that survive the 10 day trip from Gleiwitz to
Buchenwald.
Events for $500
At the end of the memoir, the camp was liberated on this date
Quotations for $100
"Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night, seven times cursed and seven times sealed” is an example of what type of figurative language?
Quotations for $200
“Man raises himself towards God by the questions he asks Him…”
Quotations for $300
“Perhaps someone has seen my son somewhere?”
Quotations for $400
“The only thing that keeps me alive…is that Reizel and the children are still alive. If it wasn’t for them, I couldn’t keep going.”
Quotations for $500
“Bite your lip, little brother…Don’t cry. Keep your anger and hatred for another day, for later on. The day will come, but not now.”
Answer #1
Rosh Hashanah
Answer #2
Yom Kippur
Answer #3
Gestapo
Answer #4
Cabbala
Answer #5
Schutzstaffel
Answer #6
Madame Schachter
Answer #7
Moshe the Beadle
Answer #8
His golden crown/tooth
Answer #9
Idek the Kapo
Answer #10
“Sad-eyed Angel”
Answer #11
Palestine
Answer #12
Sighet
Answer #13
Birkenau
Answer #14
Buchenwald
Answer #15
Buna
Answer #16
Kaddish
Answer #17
Dysentery
Answer #18
Knife and Spoon
Answer #19
Twelve
Answer #20
April 10, 1945
Answer #21
Extended Metaphor
Answer #22
Moshe the Beadle
Answer #23
Rabbi Eliahou
Answer #24
Stein of Antwerp
Answer #25
The Polish Girl
Vocabulary
Rosh Hashanah
Yom Kippur
Gestapo
Cabbala
People
Madame
Schachter
Moshe the
Beadle
His golden crown/tooth
Idek the Capo
Answer Key
Places
Palestine
Sighet
Events
Kaddish
Quotations
Extended
Metaphor
Dysentery Moshe the
Beadle
Knife and Spoon Rabbi Eliahou Birkenau
Buchenwald Twelve Stein of Antwerp
Schutzstaffel “Sad-eyed
Angel”
Buna April 10 th , 1945 The Polish Girl
