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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 was the "most ghastly moment of the twenty-four hours of camp life"?
(a) Waking up at three in the morning to work.
(b) Skipping lunch.
(c) Dinner time, hungry and dealing with small, flavorless food.
(d) Working in the early hours, in the cold.

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

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

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

5. What position does the author volunteer for?
(a) He volunteers to work as a personal secretary so that he can work inside.
(b) He volunteers to clean up sewage so that a friend can be spared that job.
(c) He volunteers to move rocks so that he can leave the camp occasionally.
(d) He volunteers to work as a doctor.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What happened to the senior block warden who had a dream that he would be free on March thirtieth?

4. What does Frankl write was the most depressing feature of life in a concentration camp?

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

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