Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-book review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choce

1. Which of the following best describes Wiesel’s relationship with religion at the beginning of the memoir?

A) Hesitant

B) Exuberant

C) Suspicious

D) Devout

2. Wiesel recalls watching the Jewish townspeople leave Sighet for the first convoy: “It was like a page torn from a book, a historical novel, perhaps, dealing with the captivity in Babylon or the Spanish Inquisition. [...] They passed me by like beaten dogs with never a glance in my direction” (Chapter 1). Which types of figurative language does he use in this quote?

A) Metaphor and simile

B) Allusion and simile

C) Allegory and personification

D) Anaphora and metaphor

3. Which of the following best describes the purpose of Chapter 2?

A) To describe Wiesel’s relationship with Moishe the Beadle

B) To focus on the first few days in Auschwitz-Birkenau

C) To share an intimate story between two lovers who are separated in different transports

D) To recount the days of travel from the ghetto to the camp

4. As a fellow inmate recites the prayer for the dead, Wiesel asks, “Why should I sanctify His name? The Almighty, the eternal and terrible Master of the Universe, chose to be silent. What was there to thank Him for?” (Chapter 3) Based on this quote, which of the following statements is true?