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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 are noo-dynamics?
(a) The tension between a victim and a victimizer.
(b) The dynamics between existential boredom and meaning.
(c) Family dynamics in which spiritual issues play a role.
(d) A tension between who a person is and who they can become.

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

3. Who does Frankl quote (more than once) as writing: "He who has a why to live for can bear with almost any how."
(a) Nietzche.
(b) Christ.
(c) Plato.
(d) Confucius.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the main characteristic of the second phase of the prisoner's mental life?

3. Under what conditions does Frankl describe the SS beating prisoners?

4. What happens in the story of Death in Teheran?

5. What does Frankl term "pan-determinism".

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