The Oppressor
and
The Oppressed
Study Guide
Clues . . . for NIGHT
He was trampled during the evacuation
The Jews here did not listen to Moshe
the Beadle
He was a German Jew who headed the
block at Buna
He died in the wagon
Clues . . . for NIGHT
She was the youngest of the Wiesel
children
He was keeping his promises to the
Jews
The men marched here through the
snow
Clues . . . for NIGHT
Elie wanted his father to move to this
country
Elie grew up in this country
Elie hated these police first
He thought God was testing the Jews
Clues . . . for NIGHT
Madame ____ had dreams of a terrible
fire
Rabbi ____ was searching for his son
It was the reception center for
Auschwitz
Clues . . . for NIGHT
Jewish musicians were not allowed to
play his works
Elie saw this notorious doctor
Mr. Wiesel died in this camp
Clues . . . for NIGHT
The prisoners waled here from
Auschwitz
____ Wiesel was Elie’s father
It had a sign that said, “Work is Liberty”
Clues . . . for NIGHT
_____ was the Kapo who had bouts of
Madness
Who offered the Wiesel family safe
refuge
_____ tormented Mr. Wiesel to get the
gold crown
NIGHT Questions
What did Moshe the Beadle tell the
people on his return from being deported?
NIGHT Questions
What was the setting and the year for the
first section of the book?
NIGHT Questions
To what did Wiesel compare the world?
NIGHT Questions
What did Madam Schachter see in her
vision?
NIGHT Questions
True or False: Elie beat up the gypsy
who struck his father?
NIGHT Questions
What did Elie dream of when he dreamed
of a better world?
NIGHT Questions
When did the first American troops arrive
at the camp?
NIGHT Quotations
The yellow star? Oh, well, what of it?
Look at it! A terrible fire!
Humanity is not concerned with s.
Let the world hear of the existence of
Auschwitz.
NIGHT Quotations
I’ve got more faith in Hitler than in anyone
else.
It’s the end. God is no longer with us.
NIGHT Vocabulary
short accounts of humorous incidents
left alone by death
deliberate destruction
known widely and unfavorably; infamous
NIGHT Vocabulary
expressing sorrow
boisterous and disorderly
people who are expelled from a country
NIGHT Vocabulary
sadness; depression
flattering comments
a family name
Mongane Wally Serote
From what country does the poet come?
“City Johannesburg” is a poem about
oppression. What does the poet
emphasize about the differences between
the oppressed and the oppressors?
Mongane Wally Serote
In the poem “Motivated to Death”, what
is the literal cause of death?
Whom does the narrator judge to be
responsible?
Alfonsina Storni
From what country does the poet come?
What is her message of social protest?
Anita Desai
What is the main plot of this story, “For
better or for worse”?
Why is it ironic that Uma had such an
elaborate wedding ceremony?