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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 does Frankl describe the "size" of human suffering?
(a) It is only perceptible to the individual.
(b) It is impossible to gauge.
(c) It can never be as great as it was for prisoners in Auschwitz.
(d) It is relative.

2. Looking back at the experience of living in a concentration camp, what does Frankl say is the most wonderful feeling?
(a) That there is nothing left to fear -- except God.
(b) That there is no returning to camp.
(c) That the SS has been punished.
(d) That so many survived.

3. Why did the Capo in the author's working party do him favors?
(a) The author was his doctor before he was put in prison.
(b) This Capo favored him because they were from the same hometown.
(c) The author listened to his marital problems and offered psychotherapeutic advice.
(d) The author aided him in finding the strongest men to work on his team.

4. What choice does the author claim that people can control in difficult circumstances?
(a) "We can all always choose our breathing patterns, which influence our mood, and that influences our actions."
(b) "People, even in these horrible circumstances, can control the way that they treat others."
(c) "Man can preserve a vestige of spiritual freedom, or independence of mind..."
(d) "In any circumstance... man can choose his own reaction, we can all choose to focus on love."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the principal question that the author tries to address?

2. How is humor characterized in camp life?

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

4. What two kinds of people does Frankl say exist?

5. How did Frankl respond to an SS officer who called him a pig, and asked him what his profession was?

(see the answer key)

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