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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 reprimand that this represents.
(b) Displeasing authority.
(c) The injury upon injury.
(d) The humiliation.

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

3. Under what conditions does Frankl describe the SS beating prisoners?
(a) When they spoke before being spoken to.
(b) When they were injurred and unable to work.
(c) At the direction of the SS authorities, prisoners were beaten.
(d) At the slightest provocation or for no reason at all.

4. What kind of complex does the author write prisoners suffered from?
(a) A Marytyr complex.
(b) A Napoleon complex.
(c) An Inferiority complex.
(d) A Persecution complex.

5. 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 they shave, to look younger, and that they avoid showing discomfort to appear more fit.
(b) He recommends that they sleep every moment that they get a chance, to be energetic in their work.
(c) He suggests that they never speak around SS officers.
(d) He offers them tips to get more food at meal time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the main characteristic of the second phase of the prisoner's mental life?

2. How is humor characterized in camp life?

3. What kind of sickness affected most of the prisoners in 1945?

4. When the author arrived to the concentration camp, the group of arrivals were separated into two lines. What happened to these two groups?

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

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