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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 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 strong reactions.
(d) They expect mentally healthy people to have balanced reactions to such situations.

2. Who is this book most concerned with?
(a) Hitler himself.
(b) The Capos -- "prisoners who acted as trustees, having special privileges."
(c) The Nazi leadership, and the way in which they made decisions regarding the fate of the concentration camps.
(d) The "great army of unknown and unrecorded victims."

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

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

5. During the time that the author spent in concentration camps, what does he describe as his main work?
(a) Preparing bodies for burial.
(b) Digging and laying tracks for railway lines.
(c) Cleaning the guards' living and work quarters.
(d) Working in the kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were normal reactions hastened among the workers charged with removing sewage?

2. When was there a free fight among the prisoners?

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

4. What symptom characterizes the first mental phase of prisoners in concentration camps?

5. What does the author claim hurts most about the physical blows from SS officers?

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