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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 possession does the author of this book try to keep after arriving to the concentration camp?
(a) A scientific manuscript.
(b) A sturdy pair of boots.
(c) A gold tooth.
(d) A wedding ring.

2. Where does the author claim that most of the extermination took place?
(a) During mass transport, on the road to the camps.
(b) In camps in northern Europe.
(c) In the big, famous camps.
(d) In small camps.

3. What did prisoners often discuss when they had a free moment?
(a) Escape.
(b) Food.
(c) Fear of death.
(d) The past.

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

5. Why were camp inmates frightened of decisions?
(a) They were frightened of everything.
(b) They were scared of bringing attention to themselves.
(c) They believed that fate was one's master.
(d) They worried about the consequences of excercising their own judgement.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does the author, himself a concentration camp survivor, write, "We know: the best of us did not return"?

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

4. Why were dead men thrown on trains transporting prisoners to different concentration camps?

5. What characterizes the second phase of a prisoner's mental state?

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