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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 caused former prisoners to feel bitterness?
(a) That the SS also went free.
(b) The lack of response from people in prisoners' former hometowns.
(c) The fact that they lost nearly all of their material wealth, and had to start anew.n
(d) That they lost the company of their former prisonmates.

2. What did Frankl think when he saw a group of convicts pass by?
(a) That they enjoyed more well-regulated, happy, secure lives than the prisoners.
(b) That life was unfair because he was in a position below them.
(c) That they had earned their misery while the prisoners had not.
(d) That they deserved worse punishment.

3. What did the prison car that Frankl took pass?
(a) A beautiful lake.
(b) His mother's home.
(c) His old home.
(d) A beach.

4. What happened, according to the author, to the instinct to violence in the prisoners?
(a) They reacted more and more irritably when faced with violence.
(b) It completely disappeared as they learned what being a victim was like.
(c) It decreased as they saw the harm violence made.
(d) It grew as they saw more and more violence.

5. Was there art in the concentration camp?
(a) No, the prisoners were far too depressed to care for art.
(b) No, there was no such thing as the rules prohibiting self-expression were strict.
(c) Yes, there were many prisoners (including Frankl) who attempted literature.
(d) Yes, there were gatherings with songs, poems, jokes, and some satire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the author decide not to try to escape the concentration camp?

2. Who is this book most concerned with?

3. What is the principal question that the author tries to address?

4. What rule did the author establish for himself in Auschwitz?

5. After the liberation of the camp, why does the SS take most of the remaining prisoners?

(see the answer key)

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