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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. Where does the author of the book travel in a "prison car" with small peepholes?
(a) Past his hometown.
(b) To Auschwitz.
(c) To Switzerland.
(d) Through Germany.

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

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

4. When was there a free fight among the prisoners?
(a) Before meal time, when prisoners competed for one of the limited number of two-course meals.
(b) Before work began daily, when prisoners competed to be assigned the first jobs, as these were the least physically demanding.
(c) Before there was a shipment of the feeble and inable to work, when prisoners struggled not to be transported to another site.
(d) Before bed, when men and women competed for a place on a soft bed.

5. How do psychiatrists expect people to react in abnormal situations?
(a) They expect an abnormal reaction according to the person's degree of normality.
(b) They expect that a normal person in an abnormal situation will demonstrate severe stress.
(c) They expect mentally healthy people to have balanced reactions to such situations.
(d) They expect strong reactions.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the time that the author spent in concentration camps, what does he describe as his main work?

2. Who narrates this story?

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

5. What is the "delusion of reprieve"?

(see the answer key)

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