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Elie Wiesel’s All Rivers Run to the Sea is a memoir.
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The best description of Art Spiegelman’s work Maus is a nonfiction graphic novel that depicts the horrors of the Holocaust.
Elie Wiesel’s All Rivers Run to the Sea is a
biography.
memoir.
scholarly study.
fictional narrative.
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Which best describes Art Spiegelman’s work Maus?
a nonfiction graphic novel that depicts the horrors of the Holocaust
a memoir of the author’s experiences during the Holocaust
a full-length comic depicting the relationship between father and son
a short narrative centered on the author’s personal tragedies of the Holocaust
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Read the excerpt from Elie Wiesel’s All Rivers Run to the Sea.
I didn’t understand, though I wanted to. Ask any survivor and you will hear the same thing: above all, we tried to understand. Why all these deaths? What was the point of this death factory? How to account for the demented mind that devised this black hole of history called Birkenau?
Perhaps there was nothing to understand.
Based on the excerpt, the author would most likely agree that
the rationale for the Holocaust will always be incomprehensible.
history is likely to repeat itself if past events remain unresolved.
there have been few mentally competent leaders throughout history.
understanding the past enabled him to move on with his life.
#4
Read the excerpt from Wiesel’s All Rivers Run to the Sea.
To this day I am shaken when I see a child, for behind him I glimpse other children. Starving, terrified, drained, they march without a backward glance toward truth and death—which are perhaps the same. Uncomplaining, unprotesting, asking no one’s pity, it is as if they have had enough of living on a planet so cruel, so vile and so filled with hate that their very innocence has brought their death.
Read the text and study the images from Spiegelman’s Maus.
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Which best describes why Wiesel and Spiegelman include Jewish children in their works?
Both texts point out the innocence and naivete of the children during the Holocaust.
Both texts reveal how the Holocaust altered the lives of families, especially the children.
Both excerpts focus on the children who survived the Holocaust and the generations that followed.
Both excerpts show how the children were sheltered from the horrors of the Holocaust as long as possible.
I didn’t understand, though I wanted to. Ask any survivor and you will hear the same thing: above all, we tried to understand. Why all these deaths? What was the point of this death factory? How to account for the demented mind that devised this black hole of history called Birkenau?
Perhaps there was nothing to understand.
Based on the excerpt, the author would most likely agree that
the rationale for the Holocaust will always be incomprehensible.
history is likely to repeat itself if past events remain unresolved.
there have been few mentally competent leaders throughout history.
understanding the past enabled him to move on with his life.
#4
Read the excerpt from Wiesel’s All Rivers Run to the Sea.
To this day I am shaken when I see a child, for behind him I glimpse other children. Starving, terrified, drained, they march without a backward glance toward truth and death—which are perhaps the same. Uncomplaining, unprotesting, asking no one’s pity, it is as if they have had enough of living on a planet so cruel, so vile and so filled with hate that their very innocence has brought their death.
Read the text and study the images from Spiegelman’s Maus.
mc021-1.jpg
Which best describes why Wiesel and Spiegelman include Jewish children in their works?
Both texts point out the innocence and naivete of the children during the Holocaust.
Both texts reveal how the Holocaust altered the lives of families, especially the children.
Both excerpts focus on the children who survived the Holocaust and the generations that followed.
Both excerpts show how the children were sheltered from the horrors of the Holocaust as long as possible.
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Based on the excerpt, the author would most likely agree that the rationale for the Holocaust will always be incomprehensible.
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The best description of why Wiesel and Spiegelman include Jewish children in their works is that both texts reveal how the Holocaust altered the lives of families, especially the children.
Elie Wiesel most likely wrote All Rivers Run to the Sea to
lessen public awareness of the events of the Holocaust.
stop himself from having any type of emotional release.
attempt to make sense of the atrocities he experienced.
keep other Holocaust survivors from reaching out to him.
#5Read the excerpt from Wiesel’s All Rivers Run to the Sea.
In this universe some men existed only to kill and others only to die. And the system functioned with exemplary efficiency: tormenters tormented and crushed their prey, torturers tortured human beings whom they met for the first time, slaughterers slaughtered their victims without so much as a glance, flames rose to heaven and nothing ever jammed the mechanism. It was as if it all unfolded according to a plan decreed from the beginning of time.
Read the text and study the images from Spiegelman’s Maus.
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Which is an accurate statement about the excerpt and panel?
Both pieces describe the process by which the Nazis divided members of the Jewish communities.
Both excerpts relate the experiences of the Jews before they arrived at the concentration camps.
Both pieces depict the treatment the Jewish people endured during the brutal Nazi campaign.
Both excerpts show the experiences of the Jews after they were separated into groups.
lessen public awareness of the events of the Holocaust.
stop himself from having any type of emotional release.
attempt to make sense of the atrocities he experienced.
keep other Holocaust survivors from reaching out to him.
#5Read the excerpt from Wiesel’s All Rivers Run to the Sea.
In this universe some men existed only to kill and others only to die. And the system functioned with exemplary efficiency: tormenters tormented and crushed their prey, torturers tortured human beings whom they met for the first time, slaughterers slaughtered their victims without so much as a glance, flames rose to heaven and nothing ever jammed the mechanism. It was as if it all unfolded according to a plan decreed from the beginning of time.
Read the text and study the images from Spiegelman’s Maus.
mc022-1.jpg
Which is an accurate statement about the excerpt and panel?
Both pieces describe the process by which the Nazis divided members of the Jewish communities.
Both excerpts relate the experiences of the Jews before they arrived at the concentration camps.
Both pieces depict the treatment the Jewish people endured during the brutal Nazi campaign.
Both excerpts show the experiences of the Jews after they were separated into groups.
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Elie Wiesel most likely wrote All Rivers Run to the Sea to attempt to make sense of the atrocities he experienced.
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An accurate statement about the excerpt and panel is that both pieces depict the treatment the Jewish people endured during the brutal Nazi campaign.
Which best describes Elie Wiesel’s All Rivers Run to the Sea?
an emotionally detached autobiography
a brief biographical record of Wiesel’s life
a deeply personal account of a true event
an intense narrative of historical fiction
Which statement explains why Elie Wiesel most likely wrote All Rivers Run to the Sea as a memoir?
to reveal the traumatic impact the Holocaust had on his life
to persuade world leaders to take action against oppression
to provide a historical account of Poland during World War II
to convince other Holocaust survivors to share their stories
an emotionally detached autobiography
a brief biographical record of Wiesel’s life
a deeply personal account of a true event
an intense narrative of historical fiction
Which statement explains why Elie Wiesel most likely wrote All Rivers Run to the Sea as a memoir?
to reveal the traumatic impact the Holocaust had on his life
to persuade world leaders to take action against oppression
to provide a historical account of Poland during World War II
to convince other Holocaust survivors to share their stories
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The best description of Elie Wiesel’s All Rivers Run to the Sea is a deeply personal account of a true event.
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The statement that explains why Elie Wiesel most likely wrote All Rivers Run to the Sea as a memoir is to reveal the traumatic impact the Holocaust had on his life.
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