ENGLISH 10: MIDTERM 2013
Study Guide
Topics of Study
- The Holocaust
- Night
- Testimonials
- Elie Wiesel with Oprah Winfrey
- Gerda Weissmann Klein
- Others: Ellis Lewin, Abraham Bomba, ItkaZygmuntowicz, Nathan Offen
- Timeline of Anti-Semitic laws put into action by the Nazis (beginning in 1933)
- Propaganda (ex. American vs. German)
- Photographs(ex. ghettoes, concentration camps, liberation)
- Other Nonfiction
- Journalism
- “Marlboro Man” by Paul Lewis
- “I Don’t Hire People Who Use Poor Grammar. Here’s Why” by Kyle Wiens
- “Good Applicants with Bad Grammar” by John McWhorter
- Personal Essay
- “Dumpster Diving” by Lars Eighner
- “We Are What We Choose” by Jeff Bezos
- “It’s More Important to Be Kind Than Clever” by Bill Taylor
- Political Cartoons
- Advertisements
Vocabulary/Terms
- Nightterms, specifically historical vocabulary (ex. Kapo) and characters
- Persuasive techniques
- Intolerance vocabulary
- PROBES acronym
- Literary terms we have studied thus far
Skills you need to utilize
- Analyzing a piece of nonfictional material using PROBES
- Identifying and explaining the perspective and the bias behind a piece of nonfiction
- Identifying and understanding literary terms and their functions
- MLA formatting
Night
Directions:List the events that occurred in each chapter of Night and the characters that played a part in Elie Wiesel’s experiences. These notes will help your memory retention of the memoir’s details.
CHAPTER 1
Events
Characters
CHAPTER 2
Events
Characters
CHAPTER 3
Events
Characters
CHAPTER 4
Events
Characters
CHAPTER 5
Events
Characters
CHAPTER 6
Events
Characters
CHAPTER 7
Events
Characters
CHAPTER 8
Events
Characters
CHAPTER 9
Events
Characters
Sample Midterm Questions
Note: Please see past quizzes to aid you in your study.
Write the answer below that best fits the question or statement provided.
- ______Mrs. Shachter yelling “Fire! Fire!” was an example of what literary device?
- onomatopoeia
- allusion
- foreshadowing
- dramatic irony
- ______What health condition did the article “Marlboro Man” focus upon?
- lung cancer
- post-traumatic stress disorder
- substance abuse
- manic depressive disorder
- ______What moral could be drawn from the personal essay “On Dumpster Diving”?
- Don’t judge a book by its cover.
- What goes around comes around.
- Don’t expect good karma to find you.
- Give your possessions to the poor.
- ______What famous American company produced propaganda during World War II?
- Coca-Cola
- Saturday Night Live
- Post Cereals
- Disney
- ______What does the “R” stand for in PROBES?
- respect
- reflection
- resentment
- retribution
- ______Which character below treated Elie well at first and then betrayed him?
- Franek
- Lysacek
- Juliek
- Idek
- ______What point of view is most nonfiction written in?
- first person
- second person
- third person: limited
- third person: omniscient
Sample Short AnswerPrompts
Prompt #1: The Nazis used dehumanization to reduce the value of a Jewish person to an object that was expendable and unimportant. Identify and describe three instances where dehumanization took place during the Holocaust according to Elie Wiesel. You may use Wiesel’s experiences or the experiences of others that he observed to prove your point.
Prompt #2:Why did Elie Wiesel call his memoir Night? Give at least three explanations for this, using the information that you drew from his book and/or his talk with Oprah.
Prompt #3: Compare and contrast Gerda Weissmann Klein’s experiences during the Holocaust with Elie Wiesel’s. Pay attention to the details of their movement into the ghettos, deportation, work in the concentration camps, and liberation.
Potential Formatting
- Short answer: analyzing a piece of nonfictional mediausing the acronym PROBES
- Short answer: identifying symbolic details in a political cartoon
- Matching: characters from Night to their descriptions
- Matching: persuasive techniques to their definitions
- Matching: persuasive techniques to nonfictional media
- Fill-in-the-blank: PROBES acronym
- Fill-in-the-blank: literary terms and their definitions
NOTES