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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. What does Frankl call "the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire."
(a) Love.
(b) Belonging.
(c) Hope.
(d) Faith.

2. What kind of outbreak affected the prisoners at the author's camp?
(a) Measles.
(b) A strong seasonal flu.
(c) Typhus.
(d) Scarlet Fever.

3. How is humor characterized in camp life?
(a) Black humor is the most common kind of humor in camp.
(b) Prisoners use humor as a weapon in self-preservation.
(c) The SS offices, and occassionally the Capos, are the only people in camp who use humor.
(d) Humor is rarely used.

4. When was there a free fight among the prisoners?
(a) Before there was a shipment of the feeble and inable to work, when prisoners struggled not to be transported to another site.
(b) Before meal time, when prisoners competed for one of the limited number of two-course meals.
(c) Before work began daily, when prisoners competed to be assigned the first jobs, as these were the least physically demanding.
(d) Before bed, when men and women competed for a place on a soft bed.

5. What does Frankl argue hurts most about being hit?
(a) The reprimand that this represents.
(b) Displeasing authority.
(c) The injury upon injury.
(d) The humiliation.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were normal reactions hastened among the workers charged with removing sewage?

2. How many mental phases does the author claim that concentration camp prisoners go through?

3. What are "premium coupons"?

4. Where does the author claim that most of the extermination took place?

5. What does the author claim helped to detach prisoner's minds from their surroundings?

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