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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 rule did the author establish for himself in Auschwitz?
(a) He would answer all questions truthfully.
(b) He would work as hard as possible when given a task.
(c) He would always eat his food slowly to enjoy it as much as possible.
(d) He would try to earn the confidence of everyone he met.

2. What position does the author volunteer for?
(a) He volunteers to clean up sewage so that a friend can be spared that job.
(b) He volunteers to work as a doctor.
(c) He volunteers to move rocks so that he can leave the camp occasionally.
(d) He volunteers to work as a personal secretary so that he can work inside.

3. What concentration camp does the author describe traveling to?
(a) Dachau.
(b) Auschwitz.
(c) Buchenwald.
(d) Sachsenhausen.

4. What was the main characteristic of the second phase of the prisoner's mental life?
(a) Violence.
(b) Apathy.
(c) Anger.
(d) Love.

5. What does the author claim hurts most about the physical blows from SS officers?
(a) The use of sticks to hit the prisoners.
(b) The way in which the SS officers did not speak to the prisoners before beating them.
(c) The unfairness of the blows.
(d) The way that the officers hit prisoners where they were already injured.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the author decide not to try to escape the concentration camp?

2. When does the third phase of the prisoners' psychology begin?

3. How does the author describe the Capos?

4. What did Frankl try to teach a former prisoner who felt that he could trample crops in a field because he had been through so much himself?

5. How important is the idea of individual choice for Frankl?

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