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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Experiences in a Concentration Camp" (through page 72).
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How were the Capos chosen?
(a) They were randomly chosen from groups arriving by train daily.
(b) They were chosen according to their phyiscal strength.
(c) They were chosen for their height, as the work that they did required tall men.
(d) They were the prisoners who were seen as having a suitable character for the job.
2. Why did the Capo in the author's working party do him favors?
(a) The author listened to his marital problems and offered psychotherapeutic advice.
(b) This Capo favored him because they were from the same hometown.
(c) The author aided him in finding the strongest men to work on his team.
(d) The author was his doctor before he was put in prison.
3. How do psychiatrists expect people to react in abnormal situations?
(a) They expect an abnormal reaction according to the person's degree of normality.
(b) They expect mentally healthy people to have balanced reactions to such situations.
(c) They expect that a normal person in an abnormal situation will demonstrate severe stress.
(d) They expect strong reactions.
4. What does the author attempt to describe in this essay?
(a) The experience of living in a concentration camp.
(b) The reason that the Nazis rose to power.
(c) The ways in which living in a concentration camp made prisoners stronger.
(d) The last days of the war.
5. Frankl was sent to another camp after his stay in Auschwitz. Why were the prisoners there pleased?
(a) There were no gas chambers.
(b) There was no snow.
(c) The food was good.
(d) The SS was not as cruel.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Frankl learn happened at Auschwitz after he left?
2. Were all foremen harsh and cruel?
3. What kind of complex does the author write prisoners suffered from?
4. What did prisoners often discuss when they had a free moment?
5. What characterizes the second phase of a prisoner's mental state?
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