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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. For Frankl, what makes life meaningful and purposeful?
(a) Humanity.
(b) Hope for the future.
(c) Spiritual freedom.
(d) Love.

2. What did Frankl try to teach a former prisoner who felt that he could trample crops in a field because he had been through so much himself?
(a) "The way that you behave when nobody is watching speaks loudly of you."
(b) "Morality is measured in small moments."
(c) "No one has the right to do wrong."
(d) "By respecting nature, we learn to respect ourselves."

3. What happened to the senior block warden who had a dream that he would be free on March thirtieth?
(a) He died on March thirty-first.
(b) He had another dream on March thirtieth that they would be freed on July third.
(c) He committed suicide a month prior.
(d) He fell ill on March thirty-first and died a month later.

4. How were normal reactions hastened among the workers charged with removing sewage?
(a) The officers used loud noises to shock the prisoners as they removed the sewage.
(b) The Capo would threaten them if they did not quickly stomp in the sewage to clean the latrines and remove sewage.
(c) The officers in charge would "reward" those who finished their work quickly by forcing them to clean raw sewage, one of the worst jobs at the concentration camp.
(d) The Capo would strike them if they attempted to wipe off the sewage that splashed on their faces.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Frankl quote (more than once) as writing: "He who has a why to live for can bear with almost any how."

2. How did Frankl respond to an SS officer who called him a pig, and asked him what his profession was?

3. What does the author claim helped to detach prisoner's minds from their surroundings?

4. What does the author claim hurts most about the physical blows from SS officers?

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

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