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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. How does Frankl describe the "size" of human suffering?
(a) It is only perceptible to the individual.
(b) It is impossible to gauge.
(c) It is relative.
(d) It can never be as great as it was for prisoners in Auschwitz.

2. What did Frankl visit with the camp's chief doctor?
(a) A dinner with the SS.
(b) A meeting.
(c) A conference.
(d) A spiritual seance.

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

4. How did Frankl respond to an SS officer who called him a pig, and asked him what his profession was?
(a) He argued that it was none of his business, and then tried to hit him.
(b) He told him he was a doctor who did charitable work.
(c) He said he had been a psychiatrist, and understood perfectly what his issues were.
(d) He refused to speak.

5. What does the author attempt to describe in this essay?
(a) The experience of living in a concentration camp.
(b) The reason that the Nazis rose to power.
(c) The last days of the war.
(d) The ways in which living in a concentration camp made prisoners stronger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What symptom characterizes the first mental phase of prisoners in concentration camps?

2. How did Frankl earn the favor of "The Murderous Capo"?

3. What were the exceptions to the "cultural hibernation" in camp?

4. What kind of complex does the author write prisoners suffered from?

5. What are "premium coupons"?

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