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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. How did Frankl earn the favor of "The Murderous Capo"?
(a) He held his hand.
(b) He spoke to him of hope.
(c) He gave him psychological advice.
(d) He applauded him.

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

3. When does the third phase of the prisoners' psychology begin?
(a) Once they are no longer afraid.
(b) At liberation.
(c) After all hope is lost.
(d) After depression.

4. After the liberation of the camp, why does the SS take most of the remaining prisoners?
(a) To take them to another camp.
(b) To send them to Switzerland.
(c) To kill them.
(d) To torture them so that they would not speak of their experiences.

5. Who does Frankl quote (more than once) as writing: "He who has a why to live for can bear with almost any how."
(a) Christ.
(b) Nietzche.
(c) Confucius.
(d) Plato.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the school of therapy that Frankl stands for?

2. Why was the author not bothered by sitting near lice-infested human corpses?

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

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

5. What did Frankl visit with the camp's chief doctor?

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