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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 does Frankl call "the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire."
(a) Faith.
(b) Belonging.
(c) Love.
(d) Hope.

2. What did Frankl learn happened at Auschwitz after he left?
(a) Frankl's friend broke his leg and was sent to the gas chamber.
(b) Cannibalism broke out.
(c) There was a fire.
(d) Prisoners killed an SS officer.

3. Where does the author of the book travel in a "prison car" with small peepholes?
(a) To Switzerland.
(b) Past his hometown.
(c) Through Germany.
(d) To Auschwitz.

4. 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 bed, when men and women competed for a place on a soft bed.
(c) Before there was a shipment of the feeble and inable to work, when prisoners struggled not to be transported to another site.
(d) Before meal time, when prisoners competed for one of the limited number of two-course meals.

5. Why were camp inmates frightened of decisions?
(a) They believed that fate was one's master.
(b) They were frightened of everything.
(c) They worried about the consequences of excercising their own judgement.
(d) They were scared of bringing attention to themselves.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is this book most concerned with?

2. When the author arrived to the concentration camp, the group of arrivals were separated into two lines. What happened to these two groups?

3. What kind of complex does the author write prisoners suffered from?

4. How does the author describe the Capos?

5. Were all foremen harsh and cruel?

(see the answer key)

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