Monday, October 27, 2008

Assignment 6: Chapter 4 & 5 questions

Answer the following questions;

Chapter 4

  1. What were the objectives of the medical examinations?
  2. Why were the Jewish musicians not allowed to play Beethoven?
  3. Describe one if Idek's bouts of madness.
  4. How did Elie initially avoid losing his gold crown?
  5. Who did Elie meet on the Paris metro.
  6. What happened to Ellie when he refused to give his crown to Franek? What was the end result?
  7. Describe the scene at the soup cauldrons.
  8. During the preliminary ceremonies before hanging, what did Juliek tell whisper to Elie? What does this suggest?
  9. During one hanging, Elie and the other prisoners cried. What made this hanging different from the others?

Chapter 5

  1. Why didn't Elie fast on Yom Kippur?
  2. What advice was given to Elie to pass the selection?
  3. How did Elie's father respond when he had learned that his name had been written down?
  4. What did Akiba Drumer ask others to do for him? Did they do it?
  5. Why was Elie placed in the hospital?
  6. Why was the camp evacuated? What did Elie learn of the fate of those who stayed behind in the hospital?

DUE 11-3-08

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