Question

Throughout Night, Wiesel alludes to the Jewish holidays at different parts of the year and explains what the prisoners do during that time. What role do these allusions to the Jewish faith and calendar play in the memoir?


They point out how strong the prisoners' faith is.


They show that the prisoners often reflect on their history when they survived slavery in Egypt as a way to survive Auschwitz.


They demonstrate the Jews' anger at having been imprisoned for their faith.


They serve as a sort of calendar to mark how long they were imprisoned.

Answer 1

Answer:

B

Explanation:

In order to survive Auschwitz, prisoners did everything possible to survive, and this included celebrating holidays.  A reminder to what they had survived in the past gives them hope in the face of adversity and pain.

Answer 2

They play vital role to show that the prisoners often reflect on their history when they survived slavery in Egypt as a way to survive Auschwitz in the memoir.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Elie Wiesel was born in 1928, in the small village of ''Sighet''.He wrote a memoir called ''Night''. He started to show interest on religious studies and enjoys learning about the Jewish mystical tradition since his childhood. This memoir was written to preserve the Jewish identity.

Elie Wiesel was sent to Auschwitz at the age of 15, he faced daily struggle to preserve his identity in inhumane conditions as prisoner. He maintained his memoir to show the prisoners a way to survive slavery in Egypt.