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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the author claim entertained thoughts of suicide in the concentration camp?
(a) He notes there was a high suicide rate among the Capos.
(b) The author claims these thoughts were particularly common among men.
(c) The author writes that suicide was most common when it was snowing.
(d) The author notes that nearly all of the prisoners entertained these thoughts.

2. What does the author claim hurts most about the physical blows from SS officers?
(a) The use of sticks to hit the prisoners.
(b) The way that the officers hit prisoners where they were already injured.
(c) The unfairness of the blows.
(d) The way in which the SS officers did not speak to the prisoners before beating them.

3. Who is this book most concerned with?
(a) The Nazi leadership, and the way in which they made decisions regarding the fate of the concentration camps.
(b) The "great army of unknown and unrecorded victims."
(c) Hitler himself.
(d) The Capos -- "prisoners who acted as trustees, having special privileges."

4. What is the principal question that the author tries to address?
(a) "How was everyday life in a prison camp reflected in the mind of the average person?"
(b) "Why did the atrocities in the concentration camps go on for so long?"
(c) "What early childhood trauma may have prompted Hitler to his terrible ideas?"
(d) "Why did so many people follow such an extreme leader?"

5. Why does the author decide not to try to escape the concentration camp?
(a) He decides that he would rather stay with his patients.
(b) He decides that his recent good mood would make the escape too obvious, and asks his friend to escape on his own.
(c) He fears that the route out of the camp is too visible.
(d) He believes that there is too much space outside the concentration camp, and they will not make it to the next populated town.

6. What kind of outbreak affected the prisoners at the author's camp?
(a) A strong seasonal flu.
(b) Typhus.
(c) Scarlet Fever.
(d) Measles.

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

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

9. Why was the author not bothered by sitting near lice-infested human corpses?
(a) He was able, near these bodies, to spend a few minutes alone.
(b) He was emotionally distanced from death, and saw the humor in the situation.
(c) He was able to distract himself thinking of his love for his wife.
(d) As a doctor, he knew that if he were infected with lice, he could easily treat himself.

10. How were prisoners identified?
(a) By the room they were assigned.
(b) By number.
(c) By the name of the place they lived before being captured.
(d) By name.

11. How did Frankl respond to an SS officer who called him a pig, and asked him what his profession was?
(a) He told him he was a doctor who did charitable work.
(b) He argued that it was none of his business, and then tried to hit him.
(c) He said he had been a psychiatrist, and understood perfectly what his issues were.
(d) He refused to speak.

12. What did the prisoners think of indoor work?
(a) It was the worst work in the camp because of the constant contact with the SS.
(b) It was the best work in the camp, since it was in a sheltered room.
(c) It was the hardest work because it separated the prisoners.
(d) It was difficult because of the close watch the SS kept on prisoners inside.

13. What was the "most ghastly moment of the twenty-four hours of camp life"?
(a) Working in the early hours, in the cold.
(b) Dinner time, hungry and dealing with small, flavorless food.
(c) Waking up at three in the morning to work.
(d) Skipping lunch.

14. What rule did the author establish for himself in Auschwitz?
(a) He would always eat his food slowly to enjoy it as much as possible.
(b) He would try to earn the confidence of everyone he met.
(c) He would answer all questions truthfully.
(d) He would work as hard as possible when given a task.

15. Why were dead men thrown on trains transporting prisoners to different concentration camps?
(a) They were sent to spread disease to the other prisoners on the train.
(b) If their number was on the list, their life was considered less important than their number.
(c) They were there to take up space, so that the prisoners would not have much room.
(d) This was a cruel joke of the SS who wanted to horrify the other riders.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who greets the prisoners upon their arrival at the concentration camp?

2. Under what conditions does Frankl describe the SS beating prisoners?

3. How is humor characterized in camp life?

4. What happens when the author was outside of the camp fences burying dead bodies?

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

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