Elie Wiesel's Remarks at the Dedication of Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum

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Please answer the following questions in COMPLETE SENTENCES with details from the text(s) to support your answer (where applicable).

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1. PART A: Which statement best identifies the central idea of the text? *

A. The Holocaust was a horrible tragedy that is best forgotten and moved on from.

B. The horrors of the Holocaust should not be forgotten, but rather used to encourage positive change.

C. The evils of the Holocaust have since given nearly all people the motivation to make the world a better place.

D. It is hopeless to try to understand the Holocaust because no tragedy like that has ever occurred.

2. PART B: Which passage from the text best supports the answer to Part A. *

A. “How come that the Jewish people, when we discovered the magnitude of cruelty and the consequences of hatred, how come that we were not possessed by a[n] extraordinary, implacable rage — rage of the killers...” (Paragraph 2)

B. “So you look and you look, and you are afraid to look. I am. I look at some pictures of Jews from Hungary and I am afraid to discover some that I have known.” (Paragraph 3)

C. “Have we ever had that in history, which always is filled with cruelty — but not such cruelty?” (Paragraph 6)

D. “If we decided to tell the tale, it is because we wanted the world to be a better world — just a better world, and learn, and remember.” (Paragraph 10)

3. PART A:What is the meaning of "plausible" in paragraph 7? *

A. resonable

B. puzzling

C. irrational

D. natural

4. PART B: Which quote from the text best supports the answer to Part A? *

A. “history had entered into madness” (Paragraph 7)

B. “madness had its own logic” (Paragraph 7)

C. “we go through the museum and we don’t understand” (Paragraph 8)

D. “What does one do with memories?” (Paragraph 8)

5. “I look at some pictures of Jews from Hungary and I am afraid to discover some that I have known.” How does the quote from paragraph 3 contribute to the author’s authority in speaking about the events of the Holocaust? *

6. What can we learn from tragedy? How did the Holocaust change the world? How can it encourage positive change and the avoidance of future violence? Consider evidence from this text, The Diary of Anne Frank, and the interview with Lydia Tischler in your answer. *

7. How do people create change? How did the Jews who recorded their experiences during the Holocaust contribute to future change? Consider evidence from this text, The Diary of Anne Frank, and the interview with Lydia Tischler in your answer. *

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