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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. What did Frankl try to teach a former prisoner who felt that he could trample crops in a field because he had been through so much himself?
(a) "No one has the right to do wrong."
(b) "Morality is measured in small moments."
(c) "By respecting nature, we learn to respect ourselves."
(d) "The way that you behave when nobody is watching speaks loudly of you."

2. What does Frankl call "the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire."
(a) Love.
(b) Hope.
(c) Belonging.
(d) Faith.

3. 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) Forged a letter of introduction.
(c) Arranged for Frankl to stay.
(d) Fired Frankl from his job.

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

5. What does the author claim helped to detach prisoner's minds from their surroundings?
(a) A cold curiosity about what conditions they could survive.
(b) An intense fantasy life.
(c) Intimate relationships with fellow prisoners.
(d) A card game that they invented in their quarters that they looked forward to during the day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the "most ghastly moment of the twenty-four hours of camp life"?

2. What does Frankl term supra-meaning?

3. How does logotherapy deal with spiritual issues?

4. How were prisoners identified?

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

(see the answer key)

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