Question

Part A
Based on his words in “Acceptance Speech for the Nobel Peace Prize,” which sentence best expresses what Elie Wiesel thinks about people who have lived through a terrible oppression?
A. He thinks that they owe other sufferers their attention.
B. He thinks that they should be careful not to oppress others.
C. He thinks that their anger and resentment are understandable.
D. He thinks that they live under the burden of shattered dreams.
Part B
Which statement from “Acceptance Speech for the Nobel Peace Prize” best supports the answer to Part A?
A. No one may speak for the dead, no one may interpret their mutilated dreams and visions.
B. That I have tried to keep memory alive, that I have tried to fight those who would forget.
C. For I belong to a traumatized generation, one that experienced the abandonment and solitude of our people.
D. Our lives no longer belong to us alone; they belong to all those who need us desperately.

Answer 1

Part A: A
Part B: D

Reason: Wiesel emphasizes that survivors have a responsibility to others — their lives "no longer belong to us alone; they belong to all those who need us desperately," which supports answer A.