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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. Why did the Capo in the author's working party do him favors?
(a) The author aided him in finding the strongest men to work on his team.
(b) The author listened to his marital problems and offered psychotherapeutic advice.
(c) This Capo favored him because they were from the same hometown.
(d) The author was his doctor before he was put in prison.

2. What were the wishes and desires of prisoners?
(a) Most of the men wished for intimacy.
(b) Intellectual stimulation.
(c) Food and comfort.
(d) The strongest desire was often for more water than was readily available.

3. What possession does the author of this book try to keep after arriving to the concentration camp?
(a) A wedding ring.
(b) A sturdy pair of boots.
(c) A gold tooth.
(d) A scientific manuscript.

4. Who does the author claim entertained thoughts of suicide in the concentration camp?
(a) The author claims these thoughts were particularly common among men.
(b) The author notes that nearly all of the prisoners entertained these thoughts.
(c) The author writes that suicide was most common when it was snowing.
(d) He notes there was a high suicide rate among the Capos.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the author, himself a concentration camp survivor, write, "We know: the best of us did not return"?

2. Who greets the prisoners upon their arrival at the concentration camp?

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

4. How do psychiatrists expect people to react in abnormal situations?

5. What did the prison car that Frankl took pass?

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