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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 believe explains the lack of sexual urge in the concentration camp?
(a) Shock.
(b) Stress.
(c) Undernourishment.
(d) Fear.

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

3. What happens when the author was outside of the camp fences burying dead bodies?
(a) An earthquake destroys much of the camp.
(b) He falls and breaks his leg.
(c) An SS officer discovers his plot to escape, and comes out to beat him.
(d) A delegate from the Red Cross arrives to liberate the prisoners.

4. What concentration camp does the author describe traveling to?
(a) Dachau.
(b) Sachsenhausen.
(c) Auschwitz.
(d) Buchenwald.

5. How did Frankl respond to an SS officer who called him a pig, and asked him what his profession was?
(a) He refused to speak.
(b) He argued that it was none of his business, and then tried to hit him.
(c) He told him he was a doctor who did charitable work.
(d) He said he had been a psychiatrist, and understood perfectly what his issues were.

Short Answer Questions

1. Was there art in the concentration camp?

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

3. When Frankl was scheduled to be transported to another camp, what did the chief doctor do?

4. Why were dead men thrown on trains transporting prisoners to different concentration camps?

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

(see the answer key)

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