The Oppressor and The Oppressed

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?