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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 happened to the senior block warden who had a dream that he would be free on March thirtieth?
(a) He committed suicide a month prior.
(b) He fell ill on March thirty-first and died a month later.
(c) He died on March thirty-first.
(d) He had another dream on March thirtieth that they would be freed on July third.

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

3. 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 former Nazi.
(d) A woman who claims to have grown up with Hitler.

4. What does the author claim helped to detach prisoner's minds from their surroundings?
(a) A card game that they invented in their quarters that they looked forward to during the day.
(b) Intimate relationships with fellow prisoners.
(c) An intense fantasy life.
(d) A cold curiosity about what conditions they could survive.

5. How is humor characterized in camp life?
(a) Humor is rarely used.
(b) Black humor is the most common kind of humor in camp.
(c) Prisoners use humor as a weapon in self-preservation.
(d) The SS offices, and occassionally the Capos, are the only people in camp who use humor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Frankl speak to his fellow prisoners about when their morale was low?

2. What happens in the story of Death in Teheran?

3. Frankl writes that suffering is unavoidable, so what matters most in the way that we respond to suffering?

4. What were the exceptions to the "cultural hibernation" in camp?

5. What importance does Frankl give to the numbers assigned to prisoners?

(see the answer key)

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