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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. During the time that the author spent in concentration camps, what does he describe as his main work?
(a) Digging and laying tracks for railway lines.
(b) Preparing bodies for burial.
(c) Working in the kitchen.
(d) Cleaning the guards' living and work quarters.

2. Why does Frankl believe that man behaves morally?
(a) Man has a moral drive.
(b) Man is instinctively moral and religious.
(c) Most men are moral.
(d) Man decides to act morally.

3. What kind of statue does Frankl argue should compliment the Statue of Liberty?
(a) A Statue of Hope.
(b) A Statue of Memory.
(c) A Statue of Meaning.
(d) A Statue of Responsibility.

4. How were prisoners identified?
(a) By the room they were assigned.
(b) By the name of the place they lived before being captured.
(c) By number.
(d) By name.

5. What does Frankl term "pan-determinism".
(a) The idea that religious ideas are unimportant.
(b) This is not a term used in the text.
(c) The psychoanalytic tendency to ignore that man makes some decisions.
(d) The tendency in therapy for patients to blame others rather than taking responsibility for their own lives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frankl believe explains the lack of sexual urge in the concentration camp?

2. When was there a free fight among the prisoners?

3. What is "hyper-intention"?

4. What does Frankl write was the most depressing feature of life in a concentration camp?

5. What did Frankl learn happened at Auschwitz after he left?

(see the answer key)

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