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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Frankl argue happened in camp to "sensitive people used to a rich intellectual life"?
(a) They were beaten more harshly.
(b) They had difficulty adapting to not being heard.
(c) The damage to their inner life was less.
(d) They fell ill more frequently.

2. What happens in the story of Death in Teheran?
(a) A man dies in Teheran, but faces his death bravely, and this inspires the theory of logotherapy.
(b) It is a story of a man who dies in Teheran, because of his own cruelty to his neighbors.
(c) Death threatens a servant who flees to Teheran, but Teheran is where Death plans to meet him.
(d) It is the story of a tragic death by fire in Teheran, which shows that all of us must die in the end.

3. What did the prison car that Frankl took pass?
(a) A beach.
(b) His old home.
(c) His mother's home.
(d) A beautiful lake.

4. When Frankl was scheduled to be transported to another camp, what did the chief doctor do?
(a) Created a new position for Frankl in the next camp.
(b) Fired Frankl from his job.
(c) Forged a letter of introduction.
(d) Arranged for Frankl to stay.

5. What job do those who greet the prisoners as they arrive to the concentration camp do?
(a) They find prisoners who are willing to lie about their identities.
(b) They separate the sick from the fit.
(c) They take charge of the belongings of the new arrivals.
(d) They decide which women are not strong enough to work.

6. What are "premium coupons"?
(a) Raffle tickets given to the SS guards to award them things previously owned by the prisoners.
(b) These came from the construction firm that hired the workers from the prison, and could be exchanged for cigarettes.
(c) These were certificates from the SS guards, and were awarded to prisoners who arrived to work before the morning bell rang.
(d) These came from the construction firm that hired workers through the prison, and could be used to buy days off work.

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

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

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

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

11. What did prisoners often discuss when they had a free moment?
(a) Food.
(b) The past.
(c) Fear of death.
(d) Escape.

12. How does the friend of the author, who "smuggled himself" into the author's hut, suggest that the prisoners try to stay alive?
(a) He recommends that they sleep every moment that they get a chance, to be energetic in their work.
(b) He offers them tips to get more food at meal time.
(c) He suggests that they never speak around SS officers.
(d) He recommends they shave, to look younger, and that they avoid showing discomfort to appear more fit.

13. What kind of complex does the author write prisoners suffered from?
(a) A Marytyr complex.
(b) A Persecution complex.
(c) An Inferiority complex.
(d) A Napoleon complex.

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

15. What happens when the author was outside of the camp fences burying dead bodies?
(a) He falls and breaks his leg.
(b) An SS officer discovers his plot to escape, and comes out to beat him.
(c) A delegate from the Red Cross arrives to liberate the prisoners.
(d) An earthquake destroys much of the camp.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is this book most concerned with?

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

3. Why does the author, himself a concentration camp survivor, write, "We know: the best of us did not return"?

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

5. What position does the author volunteer for?

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