1. What was the main characteristic of the second phase of the prisoner's mental life?
(a) Love.
(b) Apathy.
(c) Anger.
(d) Violence.

2. What does Frankl argue hurts most about being hit?
(a) The reprimand that this represents.
(b) The injury upon injury.
(c) Displeasing authority.
(d) The humiliation.

3. Why does the author, himself a concentration camp survivor, write, "We know: the best of us did not return"?
(a) The author feels that the most defiant prisoners, those who stood up to the SS officers, were immediately killed.
(b) The author believes this because the prisoners kept themselves alive by brutally and dishonestly fighting for their existence.
(c) This quote is taken from a paragraph in which the author writes that the humblest prisoners were the earliest to be killed by the SS officers.
(d) The author claims that this is the case because he deeply misses his family members who died at Auschwitz.

4. During the time that the author spent in concentration camps, what does he describe as his main work?
(a) Working in the kitchen.
(b) Digging and laying tracks for railway lines.
(c) Preparing bodies for burial.
(d) Cleaning the guards' living and work quarters.

5. Why does the author decide not to try to escape the concentration camp?
(a) He decides that he would rather stay with his patients.
(b) He believes that there is too much space outside the concentration camp, and they will not make it to the next populated town.
(c) He fears that the route out of the camp is too visible.
(d) He decides that his recent good mood would make the escape too obvious, and asks his friend to escape on his own.