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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Experiences in a Concentration Camp" (through page 115).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What role does suffering play in life, according to Frankl?
(a) It is a part of life to be worked through to get to a more hopeful future.
(b) It is a necessary evil from which we can all learn valuable life lessons.
(c) It is a meaningful part of life.
(d) It is best avoided to the extent possible.

2. Under what conditions does Frankl describe the SS beating prisoners?
(a) When they spoke before being spoken to.
(b) At the direction of the SS authorities, prisoners were beaten.
(c) When they were injurred and unable to work.
(d) At the slightest provocation or for no reason at all.

3. How were normal reactions hastened among the workers charged with removing sewage?
(a) The officers used loud noises to shock the prisoners as they removed the sewage.
(b) The officers in charge would "reward" those who finished their work quickly by forcing them to clean raw sewage, one of the worst jobs at the concentration camp.
(c) The Capo would threaten them if they did not quickly stomp in the sewage to clean the latrines and remove sewage.
(d) The Capo would strike them if they attempted to wipe off the sewage that splashed on their faces.

4. What does the author attempt to describe in this essay?
(a) The last days of the war.
(b) The reason that the Nazis rose to power.
(c) The experience of living in a concentration camp.
(d) The ways in which living in a concentration camp made prisoners stronger.

5. What does Frankl write about those with very difficult circumstances, such as being diagnosed with a terminal illness?
(a) He writes that these circumstances create martyrs.
(b) Frankl believes that these circumstances would cause anyone to suffer terribly.
(c) He believes that those who are discreet and do not complain can die with dignity.
(d) He believes that people can rise above his outward fate.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Frankl quote (more than once) as writing: "He who has a why to live for can bear with almost any how."

2. How did Frankl respond to an SS officer who called him a pig, and asked him what his profession was?

3. Why does Dr. Frankl describe that he sits next to corpses "crawling with lice" but they did not bother him?

4. How did Frankl earn the favor of "The Murderous Capo"?

5. What is the "delusion of reprieve"?

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