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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Logotherapy in a Nutshell" (through page 157).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Frankl have to leave his shoes unlaced?
(a) He suffered from edema.
(b) He was given shoes that were too small.
(c) His socks, though warm, were the wrong size.
(d) He injured his ankle and had a hidden makeshift cast.

2. How does Frankl respond to those who claimed they would commit suicide because "they had nothing to expect from life any more"?
(a) "You must truly listen to your own inner voice, and you will find that there is much more that you can expect."
(b) "Man was made to suffer, but there is meaning in suffering. With great humility this is possible."
(c) "It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us."
(d) "Happiness can still be achieved."

3. Why does the author, after leaving camp, upon seeing an image of prisoners lying on their bunks, argue that these aren't horrible images?
(a) They are images of sick prisoners who could stay in bed all day.
(b) They were images of people who had been spared the gas chambers.
(c) They are images of men that he knew, and all of them survived.
(d) They are images of men from the Capo who had been demoted, and one of them had been in a position to be cruel to the author before this demotion.

4. Were all foremen harsh and cruel?
(a) Yes, and the harshest tended to hold the most power.
(b) No, there were some who felt sorry for the prisoners.
(c) Yes, this was always true.
(d) Very nearly all.

5. What are the ways that logotherapy believes meaning in life can be found?
(a) Through love and service.
(b) Through meditation and following an inner voice.
(c) Through deeds, experiencing a value, or suffering.
(d) Through art, love, and meditation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Frankl try to reconstruct, that he lost when he arrived to Auschwitz?

2. What does Frankl argue happened in camp to "sensitive people used to a rich intellectual life"?

3. Before writing the second section of this text, had Frankl described logotherapy in writing?

4. Frankl was sent to another camp after his stay in Auschwitz. Why were the prisoners there pleased?

5. What does Frankl suggest is the meaning of life?

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