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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Experiences in a Concentration Camp" (through page 72).
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What were the wishes and desires of prisoners?
(a) Most of the men wished for intimacy.
(b) Food and comfort.
(c) The strongest desire was often for more water than was readily available.
(d) Intellectual stimulation.
2. What did Frankl think when he saw a group of convicts pass by?
(a) That they deserved worse punishment.
(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 enjoyed more well-regulated, happy, secure lives than the prisoners.
3. How does the author describe the Capos?
(a) "The Capos enjoyed life in the prisons, and took pleasure in the humiliation of others."
(b) "The Capos were miserable, knowing that they had betrayed their people."
(c) "Many Capos fared better in camp than they had in their entire lives."
(d) "The Capos lived in fear, knowing that they could be stripped of their privileges at any moment."
4. Why does the author decide not to try to escape the concentration camp?
(a) He fears that the route out of the camp is too visible.
(b) He decides that he would rather stay with his patients.
(c) He believes that there is too much space outside the concentration camp, and they will not make it to the next populated town.
(d) He decides that his recent good mood would make the escape too obvious, and asks his friend to escape on his own.
5. What was the main characteristic of the second phase of the prisoner's mental life?
(a) Love.
(b) Apathy.
(c) Violence.
(d) Anger.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Frankl call "the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire."
2. Why did Frankl have to leave his shoes unlaced?
3. What does Frankl argue hurts most about being hit?
4. How is humor characterized in camp life?
5. Frankl was sent to another camp after his stay in Auschwitz. Why were the prisoners there pleased?
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