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

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

3. What kind of outbreak affected the prisoners at the author's camp?
(a) Measles.
(b) A strong seasonal flu.
(c) Scarlet Fever.
(d) Typhus.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the exceptions to the "cultural hibernation" in camp?

2. What does Frankl argue hurts most about being hit?

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

4. What was the "most ghastly moment of the twenty-four hours of camp life"?

5. What is the "delusion of reprieve"?

(see the answer key)

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