What is Wiesel arguing in his Nobel Prize acceptance speech?A.That countries are responsible for the happiness of their own peopleB.That the survivors of the Holocaust should pass on their storiesC.That people should not simply stand by and let injustices occurD.That the struggle for freedom comes at a high costSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

What does Wiesel promise in his Nobel Prize acceptance speech?A.To be neutral and watch from the sidelinesB.To empower Jewish Americans everywhereC.To find those who caused his family to sufferD.To speak out against examples of human suffering

What evidence from the text best represents the central point of Wiesel's Nobel Prize acceptance speech?A.We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.B.And then I explained to him how naive we were, that the world did know and remain silent.C.And I tell him that I have tried. That I have tried to keep memory alive, that I have tried to fight those who would forget.D.For I belong to a traumatized generation, one that experienced the abandonment and solitude of our people.

In his Nobel Prize acceptance speech, what promise does Wiesel make to the audience?A.That he will hunt down those who killed his familyB.That he will never be silent about human sufferingC.That he will always believe in the rights of governmentsD.That he will support the existence of apartheid

Click to read the passages from "The Perils of Indifference" and "Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech," by Elie Wiesel. Then answer the question.What concept does Wiesel address in both of these passages?A.He describes the history of World War II.B.He explains that people will forget him, but not the Holocaust.C.He shares personal experience with human suffering and oppression.D.He shares his opinions about the Middle Ages.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

How does Wiesel establish ethos and show that he is thinking about injustice and compassion on a worldwide scale?A.By asking the audience a rhetorical question about whether they agree with his pointB.By talking about himself in the third person and recalling his experiences as a childC.By mentioning other human rights figures like Nelson Mandela and Albert SchweitzerD.By providing facts and figures about the number of Jews who were killed in the Holocaust