Jeopardy
Night by Elie Wiesel
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Vocabulary for $100
Also known as the Jewish New Year
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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
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Vocabulary for $300
The secret police force of the German Nazi’s was known as this
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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.
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Vocabulary for $500
A military-style unit of the Nazi party that acted as a special police force; the initials,
SS, stood for this.
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People for $100
The name of the lady who saw fire on the way to Auschwitz; she was beaten to be
kept quiet.
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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
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People for $300
Franek the Foreman constantly beat Elie’s father, because he wanted Elie to give him
this
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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”
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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.
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Places for $100
Known as a place of refuge for the Jews before and during the Holocaust.
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Places for $200
Place where Elie grew up.
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Places for $300
Known as the reception center for Auschwitz
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Places for $400
Name of the camp where Elie’s father dies.
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Places for $500
A section of Auschwitz, known as the work camp.
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Events for $100
After someone dies, it is common for Jews to recite this; also known as the “prayer for
the dead”
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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.
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Events for $300
Before selection, Elie’s father gives him these two objects; after selection, Elie
gives them back to his father
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Events for $400
The number of men (out of 100) that survive the 10 day trip from Gleiwitz to
Buchenwald.
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Events for $500
At the end of the memoir, the camp was liberated on this date
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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?
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Quotations for $200
“Man raises himself towards God by the questions he asks Him…”
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Quotations for $300
“Perhaps someone has seen my son somewhere?”
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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.”
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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.”
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Rosh Hashanah
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Yom Kippur
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Gestapo
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Cabbala
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Schutzstaffel
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Madame Schachter
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Moshe the Beadle
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His golden crown/tooth
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Idek the Kapo
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“Sad-eyed Angel”
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Palestine
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Sighet
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Birkenau
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Buchenwald
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Buna
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Kaddish
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Dysentery
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Knife and Spoon
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Twelve
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April 10, 1945
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Extended Metaphor
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Moshe the Beadle
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Rabbi Eliahou
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Stein of Antwerp
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The Polish Girl
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Answer KeyVocabulary People Places Events Quotations
Rosh Hashanah Madame Schachter
Palestine Kaddish Extended Metaphor
Yom Kippur Moshe the Beadle
Sighet Dysentery Moshe the Beadle
Gestapo His golden crown/tooth
Birkenau Knife and Spoon Rabbi Eliahou
Cabbala Idek the Capo Buchenwald Twelve Stein of Antwerp
Schutzstaffel “Sad-eyed Angel”
Buna April 10th, 1945 The Polish Girl