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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 the author claim hurts most about the physical blows from SS officers?
(a) The way in which the SS officers did not speak to the prisoners before beating them.
(b) The unfairness of the blows.
(c) The way that the officers hit prisoners where they were already injured.
(d) The use of sticks to hit the prisoners.

2. What possession does the author of this book try to keep after arriving to the concentration camp?
(a) A wedding ring.
(b) A scientific manuscript.
(c) A sturdy pair of boots.
(d) A gold tooth.

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

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

5. Why did prisoners try to get to the center of the lines that workers formed in the morning?
(a) For the warmth in the center of the group.
(b) They could neither be punished for arriving early nor beaten for arriving late.
(c) To avoid being seen by the SS.
(d) Large blocks of people were always selected from the center, so friends could remain together.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Frankl think when he saw a group of convicts pass by?

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

3. What kind of event does the author attend with the camp's chief officer?

4. What kind of outbreak affected the prisoners at the author's camp?

5. How is humor characterized in camp life?

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