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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Experiences in a Concentration Camp" (through page 45).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What concentration camp does the author describe traveling to?
(a) Auschwitz.
(b) Buchenwald.
(c) Sachsenhausen.
(d) Dachau.

3. How were normal reactions hastened among the workers charged with removing sewage?
(a) The Capo would threaten them if they did not quickly stomp in the sewage to clean the latrines and remove sewage.
(b) The officers in charge would "reward" those who finished their work quickly by forcing them to clean raw sewage, one of the worst jobs at the concentration camp.
(c) The officers used loud noises to shock the prisoners as they removed the sewage.
(d) The Capo would strike them if they attempted to wipe off the sewage that splashed on their faces.

4. How were the Capos chosen?
(a) They were the prisoners who were seen as having a suitable character for the job.
(b) They were randomly chosen from groups arriving by train daily.
(c) They were chosen according to their phyiscal strength.
(d) They were chosen for their height, as the work that they did required tall men.

5. What does the author think about during difficult moments?
(a) His love for his wife.
(b) His favorite poem.
(c) His favorite recipe.
(d) His religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of outbreak affected the prisoners at the author's camp?

2. How do psychiatrists expect people to react in abnormal situations?

3. When the author arrived to the concentration camp, the group of arrivals were separated into two lines. What happened to these two groups?

4. What is the principal question that the author tries to address?

5. Where does the author claim that most of the extermination took place?

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