Instructions
Student Instructions: Reread paragraphs 1-3 of the speech. Then answer the multiple-choice questions that follow.
From "Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech" by Elie Wiesel
1 And it is with a profound sense of humility that I accept the honor-the highest there is-that you have chosen to bestow upon me. I know
your choice transcends my person.
2 Do I have the right to represent the multitudes who have perished? Do I have the right to accept this great honor on their behalf? I do not.
No one may speak for the dead, no one may interpret their mutilated
dreams and visions. And yet, I sense their presence. I always do--and
at this moment more than ever. The presence of my parents, that of
my little sister. The presence of my teachers, my friends, my
companions...
3 This honor belongs to all the survivors and their children and, through us to the Jewish people with whose destiny I have always
identified.
1. What claim is the speaker making in this passage?
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A. Only those who suffered through the Holocaust can speak for those who did not survive.
B. The honor belongs to all Jewish people and survivors of the Holocaust, not himself.
C. The award he is receiving should actually go to those who perished in the Holocaust.
D. His family, teachers, friends, and companions deserve the award more than he.