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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 kind of event does the author attend with the camp's chief officer?
(a) A seance.
(b) A private meal.
(c) A meeting where SS officials discuss punishment.
(d) A medical presentation on Measles.

2. What kind of sickness affected most of the prisoners in 1945?
(a) Scarlet Fever.
(b) Measles.
(c) Typhus.
(d) Herpes.

3. Were all foremen harsh and cruel?
(a) Yes, this was always true.
(b) Very nearly all.
(c) Yes, and the harshest tended to hold the most power.
(d) No, there were some who felt sorry for the prisoners.

4. When was there a free fight among the prisoners?
(a) Before meal time, when prisoners competed for one of the limited number of two-course meals.
(b) Before work began daily, when prisoners competed to be assigned the first jobs, as these were the least physically demanding.
(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.

5. What were the wishes and desires of prisoners?
(a) Most of the men wished for intimacy.
(b) Intellectual stimulation.
(c) The strongest desire was often for more water than was readily available.
(d) Food and comfort.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were prisoners identified?

2. How does the author describe the Capos?

3. Who does the author claim entertained thoughts of suicide in the concentration camp?

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

5. What are "premium coupons"?

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