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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. Who narrates this story?
(a) A former Nazi.
(b) A woman who hid Jews in her home to save them from the concentration camps.
(c) A concentration camp survivor.
(d) A woman who claims to have grown up with Hitler.

2. What symptom characterizes the first mental phase of prisoners in concentration camps?
(a) Grief.
(b) Shock.
(c) Fatigue.
(d) Depression.

3. What kind of event does the author attend with the camp's chief officer?
(a) A seance.
(b) A private meal.
(c) A meeting where SS officials discuss punishment.
(d) A medical presentation on Measles.

4. What job did Frankl do in freezing temperatures out of doors?
(a) He worked on icky train tracks.
(b) He worked on the roof of the prison director's building.
(c) He worked in the sewage pits.
(d) He worked in an open-air hospital.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of sickness affected most of the prisoners in 1945?

2. What did Frankl learn happened at Auschwitz after he left?

3. Why was the author not bothered by sitting near lice-infested human corpses?

4. What are "premium coupons"?

5. How is humor characterized in camp life?

(see the answer key)

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