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Night Test Part 2

Night Test Part 2. Directions. For each of the following quote, explain what the speaker means AND how it relates to our novel Night. Some quotes are from the book, others from the interview, and some from just famous humanitarians. Quotes 1-2.

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Night Test Part 2

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  1. Night Test Part 2

  2. Directions • For each of the following quote, explain what the speaker means AND how it relates to our novel Night. • Some quotes are from the book, others from the interview, and some from just famous humanitarians.

  3. Quotes 1-2 • “Once we arrived here, there was no more privilege. The camp was the great equalizer.” – Elie Wiesel speaking to Oprah • "Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never."- Elie Wiesel, Night, Ch. 3

  4. Quotes 3-4 3. "We were masters of nature, masters of the world. We had forgotten everything--death, fatigue, our natural needs. Stronger than cold or hunger, stronger than the shots and the desire to die, condemned and wandering, mere numbers, we were the only men on earth."- Elie Wiesel, Night, Ch. 6 4. There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest. –Elie Wiesel

  5. 5 • 5. “Monsters exist, but they are too few in number to be truly dangerous. More dangerous are the common men, the functionaries ready to believe and to act without asking questions.”--Premo Levi

  6. Last Question of this Unit • In developed paragraph: • After reading such a story, that is almost unbelievable, but that happened to millions of people, not just Elie Wiesel, what is your responsibility as a reader? What do you do with the knowledge of this story? How does it affect how you act and how you go on with your own life?

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