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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 prisoners identified?
(a) By the name of the place they lived before being captured.
(b) By number.
(c) By the room they were assigned.
(d) By name.

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

3. What kind of complex does the author write prisoners suffered from?
(a) A Marytyr complex.
(b) An Inferiority complex.
(c) A Persecution complex.
(d) A Napoleon complex.

4. How do psychiatrists expect people to react in abnormal situations?
(a) They expect mentally healthy people to have balanced reactions to such situations.
(b) They expect an abnormal reaction according to the person's degree of normality.
(c) They expect that a normal person in an abnormal situation will demonstrate severe stress.
(d) They expect strong reactions.

5. What happens when the author was outside of the camp fences burying dead bodies?
(a) An earthquake destroys much of the camp.
(b) A delegate from the Red Cross arrives to liberate the prisoners.
(c) An SS officer discovers his plot to escape, and comes out to beat him.
(d) He falls and breaks his leg.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under what conditions does Frankl describe the SS beating prisoners?

2. When the author arrived to the concentration camp, the group of arrivals were separated into two lines. What happened to these two groups?

3. What does the author think about during difficult moments?

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

5. What did the prisoners think of indoor work?

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