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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. When was there a free fight among the prisoners?
(a) Before work began daily, when prisoners competed to be assigned the first jobs, as these were the least physically demanding.
(b) Before meal time, when prisoners competed for one of the limited number of two-course meals.
(c) Before bed, when men and women competed for a place on a soft bed.
(d) Before there was a shipment of the feeble and inable to work, when prisoners struggled not to be transported to another site.
2. What were the exceptions to the "cultural hibernation" in camp?
(a) Writing and music.
(b) Art and music.
(c) Religion and writing.
(d) Politics and religion.
3. What did Frankl visit with the camp's chief doctor?
(a) A meeting.
(b) A spiritual seance.
(c) A conference.
(d) A dinner with the SS.
4. What possession does the author of this book try to keep after arriving to the concentration camp?
(a) A gold tooth.
(b) A wedding ring.
(c) A scientific manuscript.
(d) A sturdy pair of boots.
5. How did prisoners experience beauty?
(a) Their lives were too focused on primitive needs to worry about such things.
(b) The SS officers made light of their lack of sensibility when surrounded by beauty in nature.
(c) They experienced it intensely.
(d) They discussed beautiful art that they had seen outside the camp.
Short Answer Questions
1. What characterizes the second phase of a prisoner's mental state?
2. How many mental phases does the author claim that concentration camp prisoners go through?
3. How did Frankl earn the favor of "The Murderous Capo"?
4. Frankl was sent to another camp after his stay in Auschwitz. Why were the prisoners there pleased?
5. How did Frankl respond to an SS officer who called him a pig, and asked him what his profession was?
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