Question

“Hope, Despair and Memory”

Answer 1

Answer:

Which of the following lines best supports the central idea of the excerpt?

A. "Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented."

Which of the following lines BEST demonstrates Wiesel’s attempt to appeal to the reader’s sense of ethics?

A. “And then I explain to him how naive we were, that the world did know and remained silent.”

Explanation:

The main idea int he excerpt is that common people and politicians who know atrocities are happening somewhere in the world and do nothing about it are as guilty as those who are committing them. Wiesel says he has been trying his best to keep the memory of the Holocaust alive, since this is his way of fighting. However, he knows that is not enough. People need to understand that it is their ethical duty to interfere when they see something wrong, to speak up. Otherwise, they will be helping the tormentors, the ones who are abusing their power, the ones who are murdering innocent people. That's why we can safely answer:

Which of the following lines best supports the central idea of the excerpt?

A. "Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented."

Which of the following lines BEST demonstrates Wiesel’s attempt to appeal to the reader’s sense of ethics?

A. “And then I explain to him how naive we were, that the world did know and remained silent.”