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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What rule did the author establish for himself in Auschwitz?
(a) He would answer all questions truthfully.
(b) He would try to earn the confidence of everyone he met.
(c) He would work as hard as possible when given a task.
(d) He would always eat his food slowly to enjoy it as much as possible.

3. What were the wishes and desires of prisoners?
(a) Intellectual stimulation.
(b) Food and comfort.
(c) The strongest desire was often for more water than was readily available.
(d) Most of the men wished for intimacy.

4. How do psychiatrists expect people to react in abnormal situations?
(a) They expect mentally healthy people to have balanced reactions to such situations.
(b) They expect strong reactions.
(c) They expect that a normal person in an abnormal situation will demonstrate severe stress.
(d) They expect an abnormal reaction according to the person's degree of normality.

5. Frankl was sent to another camp after his stay in Auschwitz. Why were the prisoners there pleased?
(a) There was no snow.
(b) The SS was not as cruel.
(c) The food was good.
(d) There were no gas chambers.

6. Why was the author not bothered by sitting near lice-infested human corpses?
(a) He was able to distract himself thinking of his love for his wife.
(b) As a doctor, he knew that if he were infected with lice, he could easily treat himself.
(c) He was emotionally distanced from death, and saw the humor in the situation.
(d) He was able, near these bodies, to spend a few minutes alone.

7. How many mental phases does the author claim that concentration camp prisoners go through?
(a) Three distinct phases.
(b) Ten distinct phases.
(c) Two separate phases.
(d) Four phases.

8. Who does the author claim entertained thoughts of suicide in the concentration camp?
(a) The author notes that nearly all of the prisoners entertained these thoughts.
(b) He notes there was a high suicide rate among the Capos.
(c) The author writes that suicide was most common when it was snowing.
(d) The author claims these thoughts were particularly common among men.

9. How does the author describe the Capos?
(a) "The Capos enjoyed life in the prisons, and took pleasure in the humiliation of others."
(b) "The Capos lived in fear, knowing that they could be stripped of their privileges at any moment."
(c) "Many Capos fared better in camp than they had in their entire lives."
(d) "The Capos were miserable, knowing that they had betrayed their people."

10. What did Frankl visit with the camp's chief doctor?
(a) A dinner with the SS.
(b) A spiritual seance.
(c) A conference.
(d) A meeting.

11. When was there a free fight among the prisoners?
(a) Before meal time, when prisoners competed for one of the limited number of two-course meals.
(b) Before bed, when men and women competed for a place on a soft bed.
(c) Before work began daily, when prisoners competed to be assigned the first jobs, as these were the least physically demanding.
(d) Before there was a shipment of the feeble and inable to work, when prisoners struggled not to be transported to another site.

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

13. What were the exceptions to the "cultural hibernation" in camp?
(a) Religion and writing.
(b) Art and music.
(c) Politics and religion.
(d) Writing and music.

14. Where does the author claim that most of the extermination took place?
(a) In the big, famous camps.
(b) In camps in northern Europe.
(c) In small camps.
(d) During mass transport, on the road to the camps.

15. How did prisoners experience beauty?
(a) Their lives were too focused on primitive needs to worry about such things.
(b) They experienced it intensely.
(c) The SS officers made light of their lack of sensibility when surrounded by beauty in nature.
(d) They discussed beautiful art that they had seen outside the camp.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the author describe smoking in the concentration camps?

2. During the time that the author spent in concentration camps, what does he describe as his main work?

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

4. What kind of sickness affected most of the prisoners in 1945?

5. Why were dead men thrown on trains transporting prisoners to different concentration camps?

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