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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Experiences in a Concentration Camp" (through page 45).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of event does the author attend with the camp's chief officer?
(a) A medical presentation on Measles.
(b) A private meal.
(c) A seance.
(d) A meeting where SS officials discuss punishment.

2. Who is this book most concerned with?
(a) Hitler himself.
(b) The Capos -- "prisoners who acted as trustees, having special privileges."
(c) The "great army of unknown and unrecorded victims."
(d) The Nazi leadership, and the way in which they made decisions regarding the fate of the concentration camps.

3. How were the Capos chosen?
(a) They were the prisoners who were seen as having a suitable character for the job.
(b) They were chosen for their height, as the work that they did required tall men.
(c) They were chosen according to their phyiscal strength.
(d) They were randomly chosen from groups arriving by train daily.

4. What characterizes the second phase of a prisoner's mental state?
(a) Grief.
(b) Suprise at finding the beauty in camp life.
(c) Apathy in the face of the horrors of camp life.
(d) Depression.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of outbreak affected the prisoners at the author's camp?

2. When was there a free fight among the prisoners?

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

4. During the time that the author spent in concentration camps, what does he describe as his main work?

5. What symptom characterizes the first mental phase of prisoners in concentration camps?

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