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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 did the prisoners think of indoor work?
(a) It was the worst work in the camp because of the constant contact with the SS.
(b) It was the best work in the camp, since it was in a sheltered room.
(c) It was the hardest work because it separated the prisoners.
(d) It was difficult because of the close watch the SS kept on prisoners inside.

2. Why did prisoners try to get to the center of the lines that workers formed in the morning?
(a) For the warmth in the center of the group.
(b) They could neither be punished for arriving early nor beaten for arriving late.
(c) Large blocks of people were always selected from the center, so friends could remain together.
(d) To avoid being seen by the SS.

3. Why was the author not bothered by sitting near lice-infested human corpses?
(a) He was able, near these bodies, to spend a few minutes alone.
(b) He was able to distract himself thinking of his love for his wife.
(c) As a doctor, he knew that if he were infected with lice, he could easily treat himself.
(d) He was emotionally distanced from death, and saw the humor in the situation.

4. Why does the author, after leaving camp, upon seeing an image of prisoners lying on their bunks, argue that these aren't horrible images?
(a) They are images of men that he knew, and all of them survived.
(b) They were images of people who had been spared the gas chambers.
(c) They are images of sick prisoners who could stay in bed all day.
(d) They are images of men from the Capo who had been demoted, and one of them had been in a position to be cruel to the author before this demotion.

5. What kind of outbreak affected the prisoners at the author's camp?
(a) Scarlet Fever.
(b) A strong seasonal flu.
(c) Typhus.
(d) Measles.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Frankl was scheduled to be transported to another camp, what did the chief doctor do?

2. How does Frankl describe the "size" of human suffering?

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

4. Was there art in the concentration camp?

5. As Frankl and his fellow prisoners watched fellow prisoners, what could they calculate?

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