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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Experiences in a Concentration Camp" (through page 115).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For Frankl, what makes life meaningful and purposeful?
(a) Love.
(b) Humanity.
(c) Spiritual freedom.
(d) Hope for the future.

2. What possession does the author of this book try to keep after arriving to the concentration camp?
(a) A scientific manuscript.
(b) A wedding ring.
(c) A sturdy pair of boots.
(d) A gold tooth.

3. What did Frankl try to reconstruct, that he lost when he arrived to Auschwitz?
(a) A ring.
(b) A sling for his injured arm.
(c) The inserts in his shoes.
(d) A manuscript.

4. What does Frankl believe makes a person "worthy of his sufferings or not"?
(a) Whether "he makes use of" or forgoes "the opportunities of attaining the moral values that a difficult situation may afford him."
(b) Their ability to "focus on the positive aspects of their past."
(c) Their "focus on love," and their "lack of consideration for their own suffering."
(d) Their ability to remove desire from their lives.

5. Why did Frankl have to leave his shoes unlaced?
(a) He injured his ankle and had a hidden makeshift cast.
(b) He suffered from edema.
(c) He was given shoes that were too small.
(d) His socks, though warm, were the wrong size.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Frankl believe that man behaves morally?

2. What choice does the author claim that people can control in difficult circumstances?

3. What did Frankl try to teach a former prisoner who felt that he could trample crops in a field because he had been through so much himself?

4. Why was the author not bothered by sitting near lice-infested human corpses?

5. What concentration camp does the author describe traveling to?

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