Night | Short Essay Assignments

Short Essay Questions

The 60 short essay questions listed in this section require a one to two sentence answer. They ask students to demonstrate a deeper understanding of the text. Students must describe what they've read, rather than just recall it.

Short Essay Question - Chapter 1 (Pages 1 – 20)

1. Describe the relationship between Moshe the Beadle and Elie.

2. Several months after Moshe the Beadle and the other foreign Jews were deported, what do the people of Sighet believe about the lives of the deportees?

3. How do the people of Sighet get the information about the Moshe and the other foreign Jews who were deported?

4. How were the people of Sighet lulled into a false sense of security by the German troops who entered Sighet in the spring of 1944?