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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 was the "most ghastly moment of the twenty-four hours of camp life"?
(a) Dinner time, hungry and dealing with small, flavorless food.
(b) Waking up at three in the morning to work.
(c) Working in the early hours, in the cold.
(d) Skipping lunch.

2. As Frankl and his fellow prisoners watched fellow prisoners, what could they calculate?
(a) How badly they had been beaten.
(b) Each other's lifespans.
(c) When they would be sent to the gas chambers.
(d) How much they had eaten.

3. What did Frankl learn happened at Auschwitz after he left?
(a) Frankl's friend broke his leg and was sent to the gas chamber.
(b) There was a fire.
(c) Cannibalism broke out.
(d) Prisoners killed an SS officer.

4. How did Frankl earn the favor of "The Murderous Capo"?
(a) He held his hand.
(b) He applauded him.
(c) He gave him psychological advice.
(d) He spoke to him of hope.

5. Who does the author claim entertained thoughts of suicide in the concentration camp?
(a) The author notes that nearly all of the prisoners entertained these thoughts.
(b) The author claims these thoughts were particularly common among men.
(c) He notes there was a high suicide rate among the Capos.
(d) The author writes that suicide was most common when it was snowing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the prisoners think of indoor work?

2. What did Frankl speak to his fellow prisoners about when their morale was low?

3. What does Frankl believe explains the lack of sexual urge in the concentration camp?

4. Who greets the prisoners upon their arrival at the concentration camp?

5. Why did the Capo in the author's working party do him favors?

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