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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 reconstruct, that he lost when he arrived to Auschwitz?
(a) A ring.
(b) A manuscript.
(c) A sling for his injured arm.
(d) The inserts in his shoes.

2. Frankl cites a study of students at Johns Hopkins University. What did the students cite as important to them?
(a) Searching for love.
(b) Making money.
(c) Finding meaning.
(d) Finding dignity.

3. Frankl writes that "every age has its own collective neurosis." What does he characterize as the neurosis of his day?
(a) Noo-dynamics.
(b) Self-absorbtion.
(c) The existential vacuum.
(d) Anxiety.

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

5. What does Frankl call "existential frustration"?
(a) The result of frustrating man's will to meaning.
(b) The kind of frustration that comes from having superficial relationships.
(c) A frustration that stems from the dull nature of existence.
(d) A frustration that results when suffering does not lead to meaning.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does the author, after leaving camp, upon seeing an image of prisoners lying on their bunks, argue that these aren't horrible images?

3. What did the camp doctor give his prisoners after they were liberated?

4. How does Frankl describe the "size" of human suffering?

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

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