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

2. 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.

3. What did the prison car that Frankl took pass?
(a) His mother's home.
(b) A beach.
(c) His old home.
(d) A beautiful lake.

4. Was there art in the concentration camp?
(a) Yes, there were many prisoners (including Frankl) who attempted literature.
(b) Yes, there were gatherings with songs, poems, jokes, and some satire.
(c) No, the prisoners were far too depressed to care for art.
(d) No, there was no such thing as the rules prohibiting self-expression were strict.

5. What is the "delusion of reprieve"?
(a) When a psychiatric patient splits their own personality in two, in order to avoid dealing with trauma.
(b) This is when a person deludes themself into believing that the worst is over, and the best is yet to come.
(c) The idea that a condemned person has the illusion just before death that he will be saved.
(d) The idea that many psychiatric patients have, that someone else is responsible for their own well-being.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when the author was outside of the camp fences burying dead bodies?

2. What job do those who greet the prisoners as they arrive to the concentration camp do?

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

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

5. What kind of sickness affected most of the prisoners in 1945?

(see the answer key)

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