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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 does Frankl argue hurts most about being hit?
(a) The injury upon injury.
(b) The reprimand that this represents.
(c) Displeasing authority.
(d) The humiliation.

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

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

4. What was the "most ghastly moment of the twenty-four hours of camp life"?
(a) Dinner time, hungry and dealing with small, flavorless food.
(b) Waking up at three in the morning to work.
(c) Skipping lunch.
(d) Working in the early hours, in the cold.

5. How were normal reactions hastened among the workers charged with removing sewage?
(a) The Capo would strike them if they attempted to wipe off the sewage that splashed on their faces.
(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 threaten them if they did not quickly stomp in the sewage to clean the latrines and remove sewage.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who does the author claim entertained thoughts of suicide in the concentration camp?

4. What were the wishes and desires of prisoners?

5. Why does the author decide not to try to escape the concentration camp?

(see the answer key)

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