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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 two kinds of people does Frankl say exist?
(a) Loving and fearful.
(b) Decent and indecent.
(c) Strong and weak.
(d) Spiritual and non-spiritual.

2. What job did Frankl do in freezing temperatures out of doors?
(a) He worked in the sewage pits.
(b) He worked on icky train tracks.
(c) He worked on the roof of the prison director's building.
(d) He worked in an open-air hospital.

3. 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 work as a doctor.
(c) He volunteers to clean up sewage so that a friend can be spared that job.
(d) He volunteers to move rocks so that he can leave the camp occasionally.

4. Why were camp inmates frightened of decisions?
(a) They were frightened of everything.
(b) They worried about the consequences of excercising their own judgement.
(c) They were scared of bringing attention to themselves.
(d) They believed that fate was one's master.

5. What did the more "prominent" prisoners, the Capo, develop in camp?
(a) Major depressive disorder.
(b) Delirium.
(c) Dementia.
(d) Delusions of grandeur.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were the Capos chosen?

2. What were the exceptions to the "cultural hibernation" in camp?

3. What choice does the author claim that people can control in difficult circumstances?

4. What are "premium coupons"?

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

(see the answer key)

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