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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. What role does suffering play in life, according to Frankl?
(a) It is a part of life to be worked through to get to a more hopeful future.
(b) It is a meaningful part of life.
(c) It is a necessary evil from which we can all learn valuable life lessons.
(d) It is best avoided to the extent possible.

2. Frankl was sent to another camp after his stay in Auschwitz. Why were the prisoners there pleased?
(a) There was no snow.
(b) The SS was not as cruel.
(c) The food was good.
(d) There were no gas chambers.

3. What does the author have to do to satisfy the SS while filling in for the senior block warden?
(a) Treat his patients to the best of his ability.
(b) Create full written reports on each of his patience.
(c) Keep the hut where sick inmates were located clean and orderly.
(d) Create a full report on the medicines and other supplies that he used.

4. Who narrates this story?
(a) A concentration camp survivor.
(b) A woman who hid Jews in her home to save them from the concentration camps.
(c) A woman who claims to have grown up with Hitler.
(d) A former Nazi.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the Capo in the author's working party do him favors?

2. Why does Dr. Frankl describe that he sits next to corpses "crawling with lice" but they did not bother him?

3. What does Frankl believe explains the lack of sexual urge in the concentration camp?

4. What is the principal question that the author tries to address?

5. Why were dead men thrown on trains transporting prisoners to different concentration camps?

(see the answer key)

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