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

2. What job do those who greet the prisoners as they arrive to the concentration camp do?
(a) They find prisoners who are willing to lie about their identities.
(b) They decide which women are not strong enough to work.
(c) They separate the sick from the fit.
(d) They take charge of the belongings of the new arrivals.

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

4. How did prisoners experience beauty?
(a) They discussed beautiful art that they had seen outside the camp.
(b) The SS officers made light of their lack of sensibility when surrounded by beauty in nature.
(c) Their lives were too focused on primitive needs to worry about such things.
(d) They experienced it intensely.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were camp inmates frightened of decisions?

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

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

4. Why did the Capo in the author's working party do him favors?

5. Why did prisoners try to get to the center of the lines that workers formed in the morning?

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