Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

he did not answer. he was weeping. his body was shaken convulsively. around us, everyone was weeping. someone began to recite the kaddish, the prayer for the dead. i do not know if it has ever happened before, in the long history of the jews, that people have ever recited the prayer for the dead for themselves.

“yitgadal veyitkadach shme raba may his name be blessed and magnified ” whispered my father.

how does wiesel react following the display of piety on the part of his fellow prisoners in this excerpt from night?

a. he joins them in prayer.
b. he decides to revolt against god.
c. he begins to weep uncontrollably.
d. he reaches out to console his father.