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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Frankl visit with the camp's chief doctor?
(a) A meeting.
(b) A dinner with the SS.
(c) A spiritual seance.
(d) A conference.

3. Why did Frankl have to leave his shoes unlaced?
(a) He injured his ankle and had a hidden makeshift cast.
(b) His socks, though warm, were the wrong size.
(c) He was given shoes that were too small.
(d) He suffered from edema.

4. How many mental phases does the author claim that concentration camp prisoners go through?
(a) Four phases.
(b) Three distinct phases.
(c) Two separate phases.
(d) Ten distinct phases.

5. 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 work as hard as possible when given a task.
(d) He would answer all questions truthfully.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job did Frankl do in freezing temperatures out of doors?

2. What does Frankl argue hurts most about being hit?

3. What symptom characterizes the first mental phase of prisoners in concentration camps?

4. Why does the author, after leaving camp, upon seeing an image of prisoners lying on their bunks, argue that these aren't horrible images?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Frankl win the favor of the Capo in his working party? Why was this important for him?

2. How did the Capo alter the normal reactions of those prisoners assigned to clean latrines?

3. What does Frankl write about the sense of humor that developed in the concentration camp?

4. Due to the difficult conditions and the need to fight for survival, which prisoners does Frankl claim were most likely to survive life in the concentration camp?

5. How did the SS respond to changing the list of prisoners who would board transport that would transfer prisoners to another camp or would send them to the gas chambers?

6. In the section on "Experiences in a Concentration Camp," Frankl describes a physical condition that affected "nearly all the camp inmates." What was this condition? How did it affect Frankl?

7. In "Experiences in a Concentration Camp," what does Frankl write happened when a train was prepared to transport prisoners?

8. According to the first section of the text, "Experiences in a Concentration Camp," what advantages did the Capo have over normal prisoners?

9. What does Frankl claim is the difficulty of his attempt at a methodical presentation of the psychology of the prisoner?

10. In the first section of the text, "Experiences in a Concentration Camp," what groups does Frankl identify within the concentration camp? Which group does he focus on? Why?

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