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68 Cards in this Set
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Moshe the Beadle
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A wise old man, which nobody believes his stories
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Madame Schacter
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the first one to snap
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Eliezer
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A young boy who tries to survive the Holocaust. He wrote the book
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Auchwitz
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A concentration camp during the Holocaust
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Stereotype
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to judge something by religion or ethnicity
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Prejudice
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to be close minded
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Genocide
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To have people of one race killed
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Holocaust
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The burning of the jews
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holocast
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a large fire
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Propaganda
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to publicize or tell about something
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Gestapo
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German secret police
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Ghetto
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to rally a bunch of people of the same race in the same area
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Scapegoat
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a person who is blamed for wrong doings
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Birkenau
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a concentration camp during the Holocaust
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Sighet
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a small village in Transylvania
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What inheritance does the narrator's father give to him?
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a spoon and a knife
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Elie Wiesel was an inmate in:
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Aushwitz
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Moshe the Beadle instructs Elie in:
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Religion and God
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Madame Schachter was:
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the first one to snap
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What type of genre is Elie Wiesel's book, Night?:
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a memoir
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Where and when does the story, Night take place?
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Auschwitz, during WWII
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What happened when the SS wrote down a prisoner's number?
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They would be sent to the crematory
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What is the author's purpose in writing, Night?
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to inform people about what happened to him in the camp
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Describe Elie's tattoo.
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it is a marking of the number he was in Auschwitz
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Which of the following best suggests the idea that twelve year old Wiesel may not of felt emotionally close to his father at the beginning of the novel?
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He rarely displayed his feelings, not even within his family, and was more involved with the welfare of others than with his own kin
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Why did young Wiesel began studying with Moishe the Beadle?
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he wanted to become closer and have a better understanding of God
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List the different reasons for stereotyping:
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1. To make fun of
2. Makes it easier to describe a person 3. Able to talk about a whole religion or culture in one way |
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What were the Nuremberg laws?
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forbade sex and marriage between Jews and non-jews
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When was Elie Wiesel liberated?
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April 1945
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What are the recurring symbols and Motifs in Night?
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Suffering, death, and destruction
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What is the theme of the Poem "The Hangman"?
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always speak out
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Allocate:
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distribute
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Ardent:
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enthusiastic or passionate
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Assiduous:
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showing great care
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Brash:
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self-assertive in a rude way
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Capricious:
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given to sudden changes and moods
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Chastise:
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reprimand severely
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Copious:
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abundant in supply
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Deviate:
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depart from an established course
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Emaciated:
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abnormally thin
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Exult:
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show or feel elation
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Inkling:
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a slight knowledge or suspicion
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Secondary research involves generating new ideas and information on your own
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False
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Primary research involves conducting interviews and experiments, from observations
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True
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Secondary research involves gathering, analyzing and documenting the results of other people's primary research
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True
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MLA or Modern Language Association sets the universal standard for research papers
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True
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MLA guidelines require that quotations, summaries, paraphrases, and other material used from sources be cited within parentheses typically placed at the end of the sentence in which the quoted or paraphrased material appears.
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True
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The thesis statement clearly states the main idea that is developed in a research report
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True
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Acknowledging the source in a research paper is plagiarism
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False
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Citation of a source is necessary for universally accepted facts and common knowledge
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False
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An example of parenthetical citation for one work by the author cited is: (Jones 150-157)
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True
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A Works Cited page should be in alphabetical order
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True
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Dramatic Irony
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a dramatic situation that is understood by the audience, but not the characters
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Situational Irony
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an action that is opposite than what was intended
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Verbal Irony
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irony in which a person says or writes something and means something different
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Tragic Hero
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a great character in a drama who is destined for downfall
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When was greek theater invented? for which gods?
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1522, dionysus
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What is a greek tragedy?
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A play which goes from one extreme to the other. From good to bad, or from bad to good
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What did the chorus do in Greek theater?
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They spoke what was on the characters minds, and provided the music for the play
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Who wrote Antigone
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Sophocles
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What is Antigone's father, Oedipus, famous for:
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He killed his father and married his mother
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Creon thinks that about all, a good ruler must be:
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powerful
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Creon forbids the burying of Polyneices because:
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Even though he is his nephew, he is a dead enemy, and to Creon that still is an enemy
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Ismene refuses to help Antigone because she:
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Follows Creon's laws
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Who is a tragic hero in Antigone?
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Creon
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What are the themes of Antigone?
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1) Respect for the dead
2) Sibling Rivalry 3) pride 4) man made law vs divine law 5) individual vs state or society 6) the nature of tragedy |
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Dr. Mengele
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He was the doctor who took out the gold teeth from the jews, but was caught selling them and was kicked out
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Tzipora
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the younger sister of Elie Wiesel
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