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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Experiences in a Concentration Camp" (through page 115).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Frankl speak to his fellow prisoners about when their morale was low?
(a) Love.
(b) Hope.
(c) Hygiene.
(d) Death.

2. What does Frankl argue hurts most about being hit?
(a) The injury upon injury.
(b) Displeasing authority.
(c) The humiliation.
(d) The reprimand that this represents.

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

4. What is the author's tone of voice in this, the second section, of the book?
(a) He uses vulgar language to describe the hatred he still feels for the SS.
(b) He writes in clinical terms about prisoners mental states, as a doctor, not a former prisoner.
(c) He is now emotionally detached as he remembers his earlier emotional life.
(d) He describes his life before living in the concentration camp in exaggeratedly nostalgic terms.

5. What does Frankl argue happened in camp to "sensitive people used to a rich intellectual life"?
(a) The damage to their inner life was less.
(b) They fell ill more frequently.
(c) They were beaten more harshly.
(d) They had difficulty adapting to not being heard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who narrates this story?

2. Why did prisoners try to get to the center of the lines that workers formed in the morning?

3. What happened, according to the author, to the instinct to violence in the prisoners?

4. What are "premium coupons"?

5. What does the author claim helped to detach prisoner's minds from their surroundings?

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