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

2. What does the author claim helped to detach prisoner's minds from their surroundings?
(a) Intimate relationships with fellow prisoners.
(b) A card game that they invented in their quarters that they looked forward to during the day.
(c) A cold curiosity about what conditions they could survive.
(d) An intense fantasy life.

3. What did Frankl think when he saw a group of convicts pass by?
(a) That they enjoyed more well-regulated, happy, secure lives than the prisoners.
(b) That they had earned their misery while the prisoners had not.
(c) That they deserved worse punishment.
(d) That life was unfair because he was in a position below them.

4. Why does the author, after leaving camp, upon seeing an image of prisoners lying on their bunks, argue that these aren't horrible images?
(a) They are images of men that he knew, and all of them survived.
(b) They are images of men from the Capo who had been demoted, and one of them had been in a position to be cruel to the author before this demotion.
(c) They are images of sick prisoners who could stay in bed all day.
(d) They were images of people who had been spared the gas chambers.

5. What is the principal question that the author tries to address?
(a) "Why did so many people follow such an extreme leader?"
(b) "Why did the atrocities in the concentration camps go on for so long?"
(c) "How was everyday life in a prison camp reflected in the mind of the average person?"
(d) "What early childhood trauma may have prompted Hitler to his terrible ideas?"

Short Answer Questions

1. Were all foremen harsh and cruel?

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

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

4. Frankl was sent to another camp after his stay in Auschwitz. Why were the prisoners there pleased?

5. What job do those who greet the prisoners as they arrive to the concentration camp do?

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