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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. How were prisoners identified?
(a) By number.
(b) By name.
(c) By the room they were assigned.
(d) By the name of the place they lived before being captured.

2. How does the friend of the author, who "smuggled himself" into the author's hut, suggest that the prisoners try to stay alive?
(a) He recommends that they sleep every moment that they get a chance, to be energetic in their work.
(b) He offers them tips to get more food at meal time.
(c) He suggests that they never speak around SS officers.
(d) He recommends they shave, to look younger, and that they avoid showing discomfort to appear more fit.

3. How many mental phases does the author claim that concentration camp prisoners go through?
(a) Three distinct phases.
(b) Four phases.
(c) Ten distinct phases.
(d) Two separate phases.

4. What does the author claim helped to detach prisoner's minds from their surroundings?
(a) A card game that they invented in their quarters that they looked forward to during the day.
(b) An intense fantasy life.
(c) Intimate relationships with fellow prisoners.
(d) A cold curiosity about what conditions they could survive.

5. Who greets the prisoners upon their arrival at the concentration camp?
(a) The director of the camp.
(b) An unidentified man who directs the prisoners to form two separate lines.
(c) Cruel SS guards with dogs.
(d) Cheerful prisoners speaking different languages.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is humor characterized in camp life?

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

3. How did prisoners experience beauty?

4. What does the author think about during difficult moments?

5. What does the author attempt to describe in this essay?

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