Answer:
The adverbial phrase is " into a piece of wood"
Explanation:
The adverbial phrase that we can see in the sentence "Have you ever hammered a nail into a piece of wood" is an adverbial of place, this is used in the sentence with the same function as any adverb of place like backwards, behind, here, there, etc... it is easy to identify as an adverb or adverbial of place answers the question "where?".
Wiesel said that the Holocaust "happened yesterday or an eternity ago" to (a.) to show that he remembers the Holocaust clearly and always will. Wiesel meant that the memories from the Holocaust were very strong that he can never forget those who suffered.