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Exploring Characters and Themes in WWII Literature

This comprehensive overview delves into key characters, events, and themes from World War II literature, particularly focusing on Elie Wiesel's "Night." The questions and answers illustrated from the Jeopardy format highlight significant figures such as Moche the Beadle, Akiba Drumer, and Elie's emotional struggles during the Holocaust. Additionally, the material touches upon important historical facts about WWII, including Hitler's rise to power, the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and the significance of various settings in the narrative, fostering a deeper understanding of this profound historical context.

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Exploring Characters and Themes in WWII Literature

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  1. Jeopardy Characters WWII Facts Lit. Terms Themes Setting Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

  2. $100 Question from Characters “I liked his wide, dreamy eyes, gazing off in the distance”

  3. $100 Answer from Characters Who is Moche the Beadle?

  4. $200 Question from Characters “At night I would run to the synagogue and weep over the destruction of the temple”

  5. $200 Answer from Characters Who is Elie Wiesel?

  6. $300 Question from Characters “Black hair and dreamy eyes”

  7. $300 Answer from Characters Who is the French girl?

  8. $400 Question from Characters Elie thinks this character would have lived if he had not lost his faith.

  9. $400 Answer from Characters Who is Akiba Drumer?

  10. $500 Question from Characters Elie saw his God dying in this person.

  11. $500 Answer from Characters Who is the pipel with the face of a sad angel?

  12. $100 Question from WWII Facts The year Hitler came to power in Germany

  13. $100 Answer from WWII Facts What is 1933?

  14. $200 Question from WWII Facts The US entered the war after this event

  15. $200 Answer from WWII Facts What is the bombing of Pearl Harbor?

  16. $300 Question from WWII Facts Before the deportation of Jews, Hitler, through the Nuremburg Laws, segregated the Jewish people first by

  17. $300 Answer from WWII Facts What is Boycotting business and making them wear the Star of David?

  18. $400 Question from WWII Facts WWII happened between the years

  19. $400 Answer from WWII Facts What is 1939-45?

  20. $500 Question from WWII Facts These two countries helped to liberate the Jews.

  21. $500 Answer from WWII Facts What are Russia and the United States?

  22. $100 Question from Lit. Terms The motifs Elie Wiesel uses in Night

  23. $100 Answer from Lit. Terms What are night and eyes?

  24. $200 Question from Lit. Terms Madame Schacter sees fire on the train to Birkenwald

  25. $200 Answer from Lit. Terms What is Foreshadowing?

  26. $300 Question from Lit. Terms Moche the Beadle sings of the Exile of Providence when he returns from being deported

  27. $300 Answer from Lit. Terms What is Foreshadowing?

  28. $400 Question from Lit. Terms

  29. $400 Answer from Lit. Terms What are personification and simile?

  30. $500 Question from Lit. Terms

  31. $500 Answer from Lit. Terms What is verbal irony?

  32. $100 Question from Themes Akiba Drumer’s death represents

  33. $100 Answer from Themes What is Struggle to maintain faith?

  34. $200 Question from Themes The boy with the face of a sad angel represents

  35. $200 Answer from Themes What is struggle to maintain faith?

  36. $300 Question from Themes Moche the Beadle, after returning from being deported represents

  37. $300 Answer from Theme What is an emotional death?

  38. $400 Question from Themes Elie is unable to weep for his father’s death represents

  39. $400 Answer from Themes What is an emotional death?

  40. $500 Question from Theme “Long Live Liberty! My curse on Germany! My curse! My –” represents

  41. $500 Answer from Theme What is dignity in the face of inhuman cruelty?

  42. $100 Question from Setting Where did this event take place: Madame Schater yelling that she sees flames

  43. $100 Answer from Setting Where is on the train to Birkenau?

  44. $200 Question from Setting Where did this event take place: Evacuated from ______ and ran 46 miles to _____

  45. $200 Answer from Setting What is Buna to Gleiwitz

  46. $300 Question from Setting Elie encounters the man with no face here

  47. $300 Answer from Lit. Terms 2 Where is the hospital?

  48. $400 Question from Setting The Wiesel family is taken from this town

  49. $400 Answer from Setting Where is Sighet?

  50. $500 Question from Setting The reception center of Auschwitz

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