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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 does Frankl believe explains the lack of sexual urge in the concentration camp?
(a) Stress.
(b) Fear.
(c) Undernourishment.
(d) Shock.

2. What does the author attempt to describe in this essay?
(a) The reason that the Nazis rose to power.
(b) The ways in which living in a concentration camp made prisoners stronger.
(c) The last days of the war.
(d) The experience of living in a concentration camp.

3. Where does the author claim that most of the extermination took place?
(a) In the big, famous camps.
(b) During mass transport, on the road to the camps.
(c) In camps in northern Europe.
(d) In small camps.

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

5. What is the "delusion of reprieve"?
(a) When a psychiatric patient splits their own personality in two, in order to avoid dealing with trauma.
(b) This is when a person deludes themself into believing that the worst is over, and the best is yet to come.
(c) The idea that many psychiatric patients have, that someone else is responsible for their own well-being.
(d) The idea that a condemned person has the illusion just before death that he will be saved.

Short Answer Questions

1. In contrast to psychoanalysis, what does Frankl claim logotherapy is centered around?

2. What caused former prisoners to feel bitterness?

3. What possession does the author of this book try to keep after arriving to the concentration camp?

4. How did fellow prisoners respond when someone stole potatoes?

5. What are "premium coupons"?

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