NIght Study Questions

Detail everything you know about them (physical description, personality, etc.):

Moishe the Beadle:

Elie:

Elie’s Father:

SETTING:

Detail the time and place the story begins:

When does the story begin?

What year is it at the end of Chapter One?

Where does Elie live?

IN-TEXT QUESTIONS:

Infer the answer from the text (Minimum 1-2 sentences):

Describe where Moishe the Beadle is taken and what happens to him.

Describe the treatment Moishe the Beadle is given when he returns.

Describe the condition of the synagogue when the Hungarian police brings the Jewish Community there.

LITERARY ELEMENTS:

ALLUSIONS:

The Destruction of the Temple (pg. 1):

The Cabbala (pg. 4):

The Week of Passover (pg. 8):

SIMILIES AND METAPHORS: GIVE FOUR EXAMPLES

IRONY:

The celebrating of Passover in their current situation (pg. 8):

SHORT ANSWER QUESTION

Minimum 4-5 Sentences

Why don’t the Jews listen to the warnings of the danger to come? What explains their ignorant optimism?