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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is false about Elie Wiesel?
He was a holocaust survivor.
He lost his father, mother, and younger sister.
He wrote Night.
He did not escape the Holocaust.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is true about the location the speech was given?
East Room of White House.
Congress
in Germany
Unknown
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is not true about the speech?
Speaker: Elie Wiesel
President at the time: Bill Clinton
Given on April 12,1999
not given in front of an audience
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which of the following defines indifference?
Acting
No care
Filled with emotion
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which of the following best supports the claim that indifference is tempting?
"It is so much easier to avoid rude interruptions to our work".
"Indifference is not a beginning, it is an end".
"Indifference, then, is not only a sin, it is a punishment."
"And, therefore, their lives are meaningless."
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which of the following best supports the claim that anger is better than indifference?
"But indifference is never creative".
"Indifference is not a response."
"Anger can cause one to write a great poem, symphony..."
"You fight it. You denounce it."
- 7. Multiple Choice
"It is, after all, awkward, troublesome, to be involved in another person's pain and despair". Shows...
It is easier to be angry and get involved.
Indifference is a choice.
It is easier to be indifferent to another's pain.
Indifference is not an option.
- 8. Multiple Choice
"Mr. President, Mrs. Clinton, members of Congress, Ambassador Holbrooke". The above list is showing
the speaker
the audience
the setting
the tone
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which of the following shows that the speech is written in first person from first person perspective?
"And I thank all of you for being here".
"And now I stand before you, Mr. President".
"Gratitude is a word that I cherish".
"He will always be grateful to them for that rage."
- 10. Multiple Choice
What is a claim?
The evidence
The quote
The main argument
The analysis
- 11. Multiple Choice
"An unnatural state in which the lines blur between light and darkness, dusk and dawn, crime and punishment". The line shows?
Indifference is only harmful.
Indifference falls into the middle. It is not good or bad.
Indifference is beneficial to some.
Indifference can provide help.
- 12. Multiple Choice
What is NOT an argument that can come from Wiesel speech?
Indifference is tempting.
Indifference makes a human inhuman.
Indifference requires an emotional connection.
Indifference supports the aggressor.
- 13. Multiple Choice
What of the following words does NOT have a negative connotation?
Light
Darkness
Cruelty
Evil
- 14. Multiple Choice
Indifference reduces the other to an abstraction means...
humans are treated as humans
humans lack emotion
humans are not treated as humans but instead ideas
human being continue to suffer
- 15. Multiple Choice
Indifference benefits the enemy because
the indifferent person agrees with the enemy
the indifferent person helps the enemy do harm
the indifferent person helps the victim
the indifferent person does nothing, so the violence continues
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is NOT a consequence of indifference?
two World Wars
Senseless chains of assassinations
events in Rwanda
Escape from Auschwitz
- 17. Multiple Choice
BEST Answer: Personal indifference is bad because
the victim is ignored
people take action against an injustice
emotion is expressed for the suffering
violence and terrible things continue to take place
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