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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 were dead men thrown on trains transporting prisoners to different concentration camps?
(a) This was a cruel joke of the SS who wanted to horrify the other riders.
(b) If their number was on the list, their life was considered less important than their number.
(c) They were there to take up space, so that the prisoners would not have much room.
(d) They were sent to spread disease to the other prisoners on the train.

2. What does the author think about during difficult moments?
(a) His religion.
(b) His love for his wife.
(c) His favorite poem.
(d) His favorite recipe.

3. Who does the author describe smoking in the concentration camps?
(a) Railway workers.
(b) The prisoners who worked in the kitchen.
(c) The Capo and the suicidal.
(d) Prison doctors.

4. What did Frankl learn happened at Auschwitz after he left?
(a) There was a fire.
(b) Frankl's friend broke his leg and was sent to the gas chamber.
(c) Prisoners killed an SS officer.
(d) Cannibalism broke out.

5. When was there a free fight among the prisoners?
(a) Before bed, when men and women competed for a place on a soft bed.
(b) Before work began daily, when prisoners competed to be assigned the first jobs, as these were the least physically demanding.
(c) Before meal time, when prisoners competed for one of the limited number of two-course meals.
(d) Before there was a shipment of the feeble and inable to work, when prisoners struggled not to be transported to another site.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are "premium coupons"?

3. Where does the author claim that most of the extermination took place?

4. As Frankl and his fellow prisoners watched fellow prisoners, what could they calculate?

5. Were all foremen harsh and cruel?

(see the answer key)

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